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Aurelius, Meditations 4.12: As a part hitherto thou hast had a particular subsistence: and now shalt thou...
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As a part hitherto thou hast had a particular subsistence: and now shalt thou vanish away into the common substance of Him, who first begot thee, or rather thou shalt be resumed again into that original rational substance, out of which all others have issued, and are propagated. Many small pieces of frankincense are set upon the same altar, one drops first and is consumed, another after; and it comes all to one.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (c. AD 170) · aur_04_xii
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