"Whatsoever I am, is either flesh, or life, or that..."

"Whatsoever I am, is either flesh, or life, or that which we commonly call the mistress and overruling part of man; reason."

- Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

Aurelius breaks down human existence into its components, identifying the 'ruling part'—our rational mind—as our true self. This perspective encourages us to identify with our capacity for reason rather than our fleeting physical body or raw life force.

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