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[gwynhefar]

Marcus Aurelius is inconsistent. At one point he says "nothing is evil which is according to nature" and barely 2 pages later he says of the body and soul "the one is intelligence and deity; the other is earth and corruption." As if the human "vessel" is not "according to nature." I feel cheated. I thought these ancient classic philosophers were supposed to be impressive.

And yes, this is what I do when I'm sick and awake at an ungodly hour of the morning.

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[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

Aristotle thought that his local songbirds and forest ferns were in the same biological category, because they were both green.

However, in Marcus Aurelius's defense, "corruption" may simply indicate "imperfect, not ideal". But that's me talking after Plato, so what do I know?