On the record44 BC
But my soul, I know not how, refusing to be kept down, ever fixed its eyes upon future ages, as though from a conviction that it would begin to live only when it had left the body.
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gutenberg.orgCicero: “But my soul, I know not how, refusing to be kept down, ever fixed its eyes upon future ages, as though from a conviction…”
Editor's note · Context
In a philosophical treatise on old age, Cicero describes his soul's inherent drive to look towards future ages, anticipating life beyond the body.
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