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The nature of the universe is the nature of things that are. Now, things that are have kinship with things that are from the beginning. Further, this nature is styled Truth; and it is the first cause of all that is true.
The nature of the universe is the nature of things that are. Now, things that are have kinship with things that are from the beginning. Further, this nature is styled Truth; and it is the first cause of all that is true.
Approximate author period: c. 150 AD · classical
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- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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- Approximate author period: c. 150 AD · classical
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Meditations. ix. 1.
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