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Und nun sagte er sich: Wenn der Mensch das Ideal des Weisen aus seiner Freiheit heraus erstreben soll, muß ihm die Möglichkeit geboten sein, es auch nicht zu erstreben. Freiheit muß liegen in seinem Streben nach dem Ideal des Weisen. Damit aber muß gegeben sein, daß er auch bleiben könne bei demjenigen, aus dem er herausstreben soll; damit muß gegeben sein, daß er gleichsam untertauchen könne in das Affekt- und Leidenschaftswesen. Dann taucht er eben unter, meinte der Stoiker, in ein Reich, das zunächst nicht sein Reich ist, das eigentlich ein Reich unter seinem Wesen ist. Und der weisen Weltenordnung vorwerfen zu wollen, daß der Mensch so untertauchen könne in ein Reich, das unter ihm ist, das wäre ebenso gescheit, als wenn man der weisen Weltenordnung vorwerfen wollte, daß es unter dem Menschen ein Reich der Tiere, Pflanzen und Mineralien gibt. 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