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Card #c305IR // #c305Synthesis

The universe consists of nine circles or rather Spheres, all connected together, one of which is celestial and the furthest off, embracing all the rest, the supreme Deity preserving and governing the others.

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

[Use when]

When modeling nested control planes (outer ring governs).

[Why it matters]

Cosmology as nested governance — the outermost embraces and runs the inners.

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