“ For a body will deprive itself of the illumination, if it does not admit it. ”
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (c. 170 - 180). copy citation
Author | Marcus Aurelius |
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Source | Meditations |
Topic | body |
Date | c. 170 - 180 |
Language | English |
Reference | |
Note | Translated by George Long |
Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/15877/15877-h/15877-h.htm |
Context
“Such then ought to be the outpouring and diffusion of the understanding, and it should in no way be an effusion, but an extension, and it should make no violent or impetuous collision with the obstacles which are in its way; nor yet fall down, but be fixed, and enlighten that which receives it. For a body will deprive itself of the illumination, if it does not admit it. [A] A piece of bad etymology.
58. He who fears death either fears the loss of sensation or a different kind of sensation. But if thou shalt have no sensation, neither wilt thou feel any harm; and if thou shalt acquire another kind of sensation, thou wilt be a different kind of living being and thou wilt not cease to live.
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58. He who fears death either fears the loss of sensation or a different kind of sensation. But if thou shalt have no sensation, neither wilt thou feel any harm; and if thou shalt acquire another kind of sensation, thou wilt be a different kind of living being and thou wilt not cease to live.
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