Yet he has this privilege certainly from Zeus, who framed society, for it is in our power to grow again to that which is near to us, and again to become a part which helps to make up the whole.
Contemplating human nature, this passage highlights the inherent capacity for individuals to reconnect with society after separation.
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There is one light of the sun, though it is interrupted by walls, mountains, and other things infinite.
And how small a part of the whole substance; and how small a part of the universal soul; and on what a small clod of the whole earth thou creepest!
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