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Marcus Aurelius on the Cosmology

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Constantly regard the universe as one living being, having one substance and one soul; and observe how all things have reference to one perception, the perception of this one living being; and how all things act with one movement; and how all things are the cooperating causes of all things which exist; and consider, too, how carefully intertwined are the threads woven together to construct this fabric, how dense is this celestial weave!

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations (?? ??? ??????), bk iv, line 40 (175 CE)

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