But every being ought to do that which is according to its constitution; and all other things have been constituted for the sake of rational beings, just as among irrational things the inferior for the sake of the superior, but the rational for the sake of one another.
From his personal reflections, this passage discusses the natural order and the purpose of rational beings in relation to each other.
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But everything else, whether it is in the power of thy will or not, is only lifeless ashes and smoke.
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!
What remains, except to enjoy life by joining one good thing to another so as not to leave even the smallest intervals between?
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