Look round at the courses of the stars, as if thou wert going along with them; and constantly consider the changes of the elements into one another, for such thoughts purge away the filth of the terrene life.
Marcus Aurelius encourages cosmic contemplation as a means of purifying the mind from earthly concerns.
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But if it is easy to set little value on all these things, turn to that which remains, which is to follow reason and God.
But it is inconsistent with honoring reason and God to be troubled because by death a man will be deprived of the other things.
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