Suppose that thou hast detached thyself from the natural unity,--for thou wast made by nature a part, but now thou hast cut thyself off,--yet here there is this beautiful provision, that it is in thy power again to unite thyself.
Reflecting on human nature, Marcus Aurelius observes that even after separating oneself from the universal unity, one retains the power to reconnect.
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