On the recordJanuary 1, 175
For if it were just, it would also be possible; and if it were according to nature, nature would have had it so.
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Marcus Aurelius
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gutenberg.orgMarcus Aurelius: “For if it were just, it would also be possible; and if it were according to nature, nature would have had it so.”
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Marcus Aurelius asserts the inherent connection between justice, possibility, and the natural order of the universe.
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