35. The unripe grape, the ripe bunch, the dried grape, all are changes, not into nothing, but into something which exists not yet.
Book: Meditations
Subtitle: The classic from Marcus Aurelius.
Author: Marcus Aurelius
Chapter: Book Eleven
Chapter Subtitle: These are the properties of the rational soul: it sees itself, analyses itself, and makes itself such as it chooses; the fruit which it bears itself enjoys- for the fruits of plants and that in animals which corresponds to fruits others enjoy- it obtains its own end, wherever the limit of life may be fixed.
Location: Chapter 11, Section 35
Content:
35. The unripe grape, the ripe bunch, the dried grape, all are changes, not into nothing, but into something which exists not yet.