Meditations XII.30
There is one Light of the Sun, even though its continuity be broken by walls, mountains,62 and countless other things. There is one common Substance, even though it be broken up into countless bodies individually characterized. There is one Soul, though it be broken up among countless natures and by individual limitations. There is one Intelligent Soul, though it seem to be divided. Of the things mentioned, however, all the other parts, such as Breath, are the material Substratum of things,63 devoid of sensation and the ties of mutual affinity—yet even they are knit together by the faculty of intelligence and the gravitation which draws them together. But the mind is peculiarly impelled towards what is akin to it, and coalesces with it, and there is no break in the feeling of social fellowship.
- 62.See viii. 57.
- 63.With an alteration of stops these words may mean such as Breath and Matter, are devoid of sensation.