“When it has been made a sphere, it continues a sphere.”

— Marcus Aurelius, book Meditations

VIII, 41
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VIII
Context: The things... which are proper to the understanding no other man is used to impede, for neither fire, nor iron, nor tyrant, nor abuse, touches it in any way. When it has been made a sphere, it continues a sphere.

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Emperor of Ancient Rome 121–180

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