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Full Idea
All things are changing; and you yourself are in continuous mutation and in a manner in continuous destruction, and the whole universe too.
Gist of Idea
Everything is changing, including yourself and the whole universe
Source
Marcus Aurelius (The Meditations (To Himself) [c.170], 9.19)
Book Ref
'Essential Works of Stoicism', ed/tr. Hadas,Moses [Bantam 1961], p.174
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| 3072 | Everything is changing, including yourself and the whole universe [Aurelius] |