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“The next, that all these things, which now thou seest, shall within a very little while be changed, and be no more: and ever call to mind, how many changes and alterations in the world thou thyself hast already been an eyewitness of in thy time.
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From Book IV (Casaubon translation) of Meditations. Read the surrounding argument as well as the excerpt; its historical language and philosophical assumptions shape its meaning.
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Source: Meditations , Book IV (Casaubon translation)
Edition: Casaubon translation · Translated by Meric Casaubon
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