Meditation 11.38-39
Marcus AureliusMeditationsBook 11.38
38. 'So we are contending,' he said, 'for no ordinary prize, but for whether we are to be sane or insane.'
39. Socrates used to say: 'What do you want? To have souls of rational or irrational beings?' 'Rational.' 'What rational beings, sound or inferior?' 'Sound.' 'Why don't you seek them?' 'Because we have them.' 'Why then do you fight and disagree?'