On the recordJanuary 1, 175
For the stone which has been thrown up it is no evil to come down, nor indeed any good to have been carried up (viii. 20).
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Marcus Aurelius
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In his private notes, Marcus Aurelius uses the example of a stone to illustrate the indifference of nature to human concepts of good and evil.
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