He that knows not what the world is, knows not where he is himself. He that knows not for what he was made, knows not what he is nor what the world is.
VIII, 52
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VIII
“Man loves liberty, even if he does not know that he loves it. He is driven by it and flees from where it does not exist.”
Martí : Thoughts/Pensamientos (1994)
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