"In death, Alexander of Macedon's end differed no whit from his stable-boy's. Either both were received into the same generative principle of the universe, or both alike were dispersed into atoms.
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Do you make a grievance of weighing so man pounds only, instead of three hundred? Then why fret about living so many years only, instead of more? Since you are content with the measure of substance allowed you, be so also content with the measure of time."
-Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
One pound of inference, no more, no less. No humbug, no cant, but only inference. This task done, and he would go free.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Thought of the Day
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