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Aurelius, Meditations 9.21: As thou thyself, whoever thou art, were made for the perfection and consummat...
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As thou thyself, whoever thou art, were made for the perfection and consummation, being a member of it, of a common society; so must every action of thine tend to the perfection and consummation of a life that is truly sociable. What action soever of thine therefore that either immediately or afar off, hath not reference to the common good, that is an exorbitant and disorderly action; yea it is seditious; as one among the people who from such and such a consent and unity, should factiously divide and separate himself.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (c. AD 170) · aur_09_xxi
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