Marcus Aurelius: “But the things which have life are superior to those which have not…”

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But the things which have life are superior to those which have not life, and of those which have life the superior are those which have reason.

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Marcus Aurelius outlines a hierarchy of existence, placing rational beings at the pinnacle.

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