XVII. Whatsoever is, was made for something: as a horse, a vine. Why

MeditationsMarcus Aurelius

Whatsoever is, was made for something: as a horse, a vine. Why wonderest thou? The sun itself will say of itself, I was made for something; and so hath every god its proper function. What then were then made for? to disport and delight thyself? See how even common sense and reason cannot brook it.



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