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Marcus Aurelius · Meditations

Meditation 313 of 412 · Book IX

XXXIX

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XXXIX. Sayest thou unto that rational part, Thou art dead; corruption hath taken hold on thee? Doth it then also void excrements? Doth it like either oxen, or sheep, graze or feed; that it also should be mortal, as well as the body?

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