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Full Idea
We are made for cooperation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids, like the rows of upper and lower teeth. To act against one another, then, is contrary to nature.
Gist of Idea
Humans are naturally made for co-operation
Source
Marcus Aurelius (The Meditations (To Himself) [c.170], 2.1)
Book Ref
'Essential Works of Stoicism', ed/tr. Hadas,Moses [Bantam 1961], p.111
| 3065 | Humans are naturally made for co-operation [Aurelius] |
| 3066 | Nothing is evil which is according to nature [Aurelius] |
| 3067 | A philosopher should have principles ready for understanding, like a surgeon with instruments [Aurelius] |
| 3069 | The art of life is more like the wrestler's than the dancer's [Aurelius] |
| 3071 | Justice has no virtue opposed to it, but pleasure has temperance opposed to it [Aurelius] |
| 3072 | Everything is changing, including yourself and the whole universe [Aurelius] |