Q0439
Marcus Aurelius
A verified English rendering from the curated archive.
English
We are made for cooperation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids.
Source context
This English passage is associated with Meditations XI.18, within the tradition of Stoicism. The wording below is a verified rendering prepared for careful reading rather than a claim of unique translation authority.
A short reading
Read in the register of philosophy, the sentence asks the reader to test an assumption rather than to collect a slogan. In Marcus Aurelius's wider work, similar claims are usually offered as prompts for judgment: what would have to be true for the sentence to hold, and what would follow if it did?
How to cite this quotation
APA: Marcus Aurelius. (n.d.). We are made for cooperation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids. In Philosophy Blind Box. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0439
MLA: Marcus Aurelius. “We are made for cooperation, like feet, like….” Philosophy Blind Box, https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0439.
Chicago: Marcus Aurelius. “We are made for cooperation, like feet, like….” Philosophy Blind Box. Accessed 2026. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0439.