From Marcus Aurelius
“In Matter of Writing or Reading Thou Must Needs Be Taught before thou can do either: much more in matter of life. ‘For thou art born a mere slave, to thy senses and brutish affections;’ destitute without teaching of all true knowledge and sound reason.”
Excerpt From: Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius. “Meditations.”
Book 11, XVII
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