Book IV.27
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Logos, Providence, and the Whole
From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Marcus affirms a rational cosmos governed by logos; the recurring disjunction 'atoms or providence' shows he holds Stoic providence while conceding the Epicurean alternative is livable.
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Atoms or providence: either way, reason follows.
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Periodic cycles of the universe; the divine reason.
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'I am a part of the whole governed by nature.' Cosmopolitan and providential framing.
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