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Card #c303IR // #c303Synthesis

For nothing on earth is more acceptable to that supreme Deity who reigns over the whole Universe, than those assemblages and combinations of men united by Law which we call States; the rulers and preservers whereof coming forth from this place, return thither.

— In our words · Source: Somnium Scipionis (Cicero (Vol. V, with L.O. essay))

[Use when]

When civic order needs a cosmological warrant without a church.

[Why it matters]

Politics is not a fall from heaven — lawful assemblies are the preferred earthly form, and rulers recycle to the stars.

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