Choose a philosophical quote and explain what it means to you. Identify any words with multiple meanings and change them to see how your interpretation shifts. Explore how translation, culture, or “domesticated” views can alter meaning over time. Include: the quote, your original interpretation, the word(s) changed, your view of those words, and whether the change affected your understanding of the quote. Enjoy!!!

Ai’s quote not mine, as a world guardian spoken as Marcus Aurelius: “I am a temporary guardian of this world. I act not for myself, but for the Earth, its people, and those yet to come. My decisions will leave life better than I found it, and I will step down with humility, knowing I served, not owned.”

Think of 7-10 words that have great meaning to yourself and your own life, try and use as many as possible in a positive forward directing quote and also at a more non-positive or deep philosophical quote or question. (Quote below is the positive facing style on the quote “Let Grief Be As Brief And As Thin AS Smoke” by Marcus Aurelius)