The other reason is that what happens to the individual is a cause of well-being in what directs the world--of its well-being, its fulfillment, or it… - Marcus Aurelius

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The other reason is that what happens to the individual is a cause of well-being in what directs the world--of its well-being, its fulfillment, or its very existence, even. Because the whole is damaged if you cut away anything--anything at all--from its continuity and its coherence. Not only its parts, but its purposes. And that's what you're doing when you complain: hacking and destroying. (Hays translation)