On the recordJanuary 1, 175
What more do I seek, if what I am now doing is the work of an intelligent living being, and a social being, and one who is under the same law with God?
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Marcus Aurelius
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Marcus Aurelius questions the need for further desires when his current actions align with his nature as an intelligent, social, and divinely connected being.
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