Death is a cessation of the impressions through the senses, and of the pulling of the strings which move the appetites, and of the discursive movements of the thoughts, and of the service to the flesh (ii. 12).
Marcus Aurelius defines death as the termination of sensory input, appetites, thoughts, and physical service.
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From thence all things flow; and there is besides necessity, and that which is for the advantage of the whole universe, of which thou art a part.
And the things which conduce in any way to the commodity of life, and of which fortune gives an abundant supply, he used without arrogance and without excusing himself; so that when he had them, he enjoyed them without affectation, and…
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