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Aurelius, Meditations 3.16: To steal, to sow, to buy, to be at rest, to see what is to be done (which is ...
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To steal, to sow, to buy, to be at rest, to see what is to be done (which is not seen by the eyes, but by another kind of sight:) what these words mean, and how many ways to be understood, they do not understand. The body, the soul, the understanding. As the senses naturally belong to the body, and the desires and affections to the soul, so do the dogmata to the understanding.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (c. AD 170) · aur_03_xvi
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