Meditations 6.43

Reflections on Marcus Aurelius

Does the sun undertake to do the work of the rain, or Asclepius, the bringer of health, the work of the earth, the fruit-bearer?

And how is it with respect to each of the stars, are they not different and yet they work together to the same end?

—Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 6.43 (tr Long)

Each thing will play its own part within the whole. It may …