{"query": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_v: That which the nature of th", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_5720acc21844", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_xxxix: That which is a hindrance of the senses, is an evil to the sensitive nature.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "That which is a hindrance of the senses, is an evil to the sensitive nature. That which is a hindrance of the appetitive and prosecutive faculty, is an evil to the sensitive nature. As of the sensitiv"}, {"id": "card_n_c4449448df1e", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_vi: Every particular nature hath content, when in its own proper course it speeds.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Every particular nature hath content, when in its own proper course it speeds. 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