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Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Stoic Snippets 158


Everything exists for some end—a horse, a vine. Why do you wonder? 

Even the sun will say, I am for some purpose, and the rest of the gods will say the same. 

For what purpose then are you—to enjoy pleasure? See if common sense allows this. 

—Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.19 



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