Meditations 10.21.1
Marcus Aurelius, quoting a poet, to the cosmos
ʽἘρᾷ μὲν ὄμβρου γαῖα, ἐρᾷ δὲ ὁ σεμνὸς αἰθήρ,ʼ ἐρᾷ δὲ ὁ κόσμος ποιῆσαι ὃ ἂν μέλλῃ γίνεσθαι. λέγω οὖν τῷ κόσμῳ ὅτι σοὶ συνερῶ. μήτι δὲ οὕτω κἀκεῖνο λέγεται, ὅτι· φιλεῖ τοῦτο γίνεσθαι;
“The earth loves rain, and the solemn sky loves.” The cosmos loves to make whatever is going to happen. So I say to the cosmos: I share your love. Is it not in this sense too that we say, “This likes to happen”?