Meditations IV.28

A black character,⁴⁸ an unmanly character, an obstinate character, inhuman, animal, childish, stupid, counterfeit, shameless, mercenary, tyrannical.⁴⁹

• 48.See iv. 18.
• 49.Marcus here in his vehemence seems to violate his own gentle precepts. He must be thinking of some monster of iniquity, such as Nero.