On the recordJanuary 1, 175
Well, I am separated as from kinsmen, not however dragged resisting, but without compulsion; for this, too, is one of the things according to nature.
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In his private journal, Marcus Aurelius reflects on the nature of separation and acceptance of natural processes.
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