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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus to Himself - College of Stoic Philosophers

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ii TO HIMSELF 21<br />

lacking for naught,<br />

whatever others do or leave<br />

undone ; accepting the apportioned lot, as coming<br />

from the same source as man himself ; and<br />

finally, in all serenity awaiting death, the natural<br />

dissolution <strong>of</strong> the elements <strong>of</strong> which each creature<br />

is compounded. And if the component elements<br />

have nought <strong>to</strong> fear in the continuous change<br />

from form <strong>to</strong> form, why should one look askance<br />

at the change and dissolution <strong>of</strong> the whole ? It<br />

is <strong>of</strong> nature ; and nature knows no evil.<br />

At Carnuntum.

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