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From Marcus Aurelius' Meditations:
Nothing can happen to any human being outside the experience which is natural to humans -- an ox too experiences nothing foreign to the nature of oxen, a vine nothing foreign to the nature of vines, a stone nothing outside the property of a stone. So if each thing experiences what is usual and natural for it, why should you complain? Universal nature has brought you nothing you can't endure.
posted by JMW at 6:32 PM
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Universal nature has brought you nothing you can't endure.
Except lions. And crocodiles. And the hantavirus. And smallpox, measles, and cancer. And fire or cold. And bullets. And too much food, or too little food, or unhealthy food. And old age.
- Comish
I understand this quote is silly on those levels. I posted it because I thought it related, tangentially, to the previous post about Ellis (who said that neurosis is “just a high-class word for whining.” I don't really agree with that, either, but whatever...I have to go eat.
I know. I apologize. I actually felt bad after posting the comment. For some reason, I thought it was funny.
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