Look down from above on the countless herds of men and their countless solemnities, and the infinitely varied voyagings in storms and calms, and the differences among those who are born, who live together, and die.
Marcus Aurelius encourages a detached, elevated perspective to observe the vast and varied human experience from birth to death.
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How small a part of the boundless and unfathomable time is assigned to every man, for it is very soon swallowed up in the eternal!
And how small a part of the whole substance; and how small a part of the universal soul; and on what a small clod of the whole earth thou creepest!
But everything else, whether it is in the power of thy will or not, is only lifeless ashes and smoke.
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