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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Symposium by Xenophon: while keeps whirling, I do not deny the wonder of it, but what
pleasure such a marvel can present, I cannot for the life of me
discover. Nor do I see how it is a whit more charming to watch these
fair young people twisting about their bodies and imitating wheels
than to behold them peacefully reposing.
We need not fare far afield to light on marvels, if that is our
object. All about us here is full of marvel; we can begin at once by
wondering, why it is the candle gives a light by dint of its bright
flame, while side by side with it the bright bronze vessel gives no
light, but shows within itself those other objects mirrored.[1] Or,
how is it that oil, being moist and liquid, keeps that flame ablaze,
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