"Even if we are the products of evolution and randomness, does this not take us right back to the position of the [[Stoics]]? **As subjects to the laws of gravity and physics, are we not already accepting a higher, inexplicable power? We have so little control of the world around us, so many inexplicable events created this world, that it works out almost exactly the same way as if there was a god**." ([Location 1545](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07QY3CZ9L&location=1545)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[acceptance]], [[amor-fati]] **Source** -- [[202409180133 - B - Stillness is the Key]]