Meditations, 7.50

Marcus Aurelius  translated by George Long

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50That which has grown from the earth to the earth,

But that which has sprung from heavenly seed,

Back to the heavenly realms returns.[39]

This is either a dissolution of the mutual involution of the atoms, or a similar dispersion of the unsentient elements.

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Notes

  • [39] From the Chrysippus of Euripides.