... Nature was a cycle, the whole of the fragment, the fragment back to the whole. Compared to the fleeting cleanness of the fragment, the whole was dark and sullen.
The virtuous man, although he is a slave, is free.
But the vicious man, even if he reigns, is a slave, for he has as many masters as he has vices.
– St Augustine (City of God)
I am so serious about the way people are taught to view themselves as separate from and above any other animal being the root cause of a lot of problems. You're not better than a beast.
Las emociones, en efecto, no siguen un orden fijo. Antes bien, y al igual que las partículas del éter, prefieren revolotear con libertad y flotar eternamente trémulas y cambiantes.