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Just as you see your bath - all soap, sweat, grime, greasy water, the whole thing disgusting - so is every part of life and every object in it.
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"What ease of mind you gain from not looking at what your neighbour has said or done or thought, but only at your own actions[...]
So do not glance at the black characters either side, but run right on to the line: straight, not straggy."

Quite admirable, just now know why this generals rebellion was allowed to happen

You are a soul carrying a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.

" 'Do you possess reason?' 'I do.' 'Why not use it then? With reason doing its job, what else do you want?' ".

Marcus Aurelius probably was one of the most exceptional human beings that ever lived.
He was the most powerful man in the known world in his time and he could have had all the pleasures he desired, yet he rejected them.
He really was the exception to the rule "Absolute power corrupts absolutely".