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Marcus Aurelius: “What good is it then for the ball to be thrown up, or harm for it to come down, or even to have fallen? and what good is…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 175
What good is it then for the ball to be thrown up, or harm for it to come down, or even to have fallen? and what good is it to the bubble while it holds together, or what harm when it is burst?
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Marcus Aurelius
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Editor's note · Context

From his personal reflections, he questions the inherent value or harm in transient physical events.

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