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1001 10|          for green things; for this is the condition of a diseased
1002 10|      respect to all things~which it is formed to grind. And accordingly
1003 10|           praise whatever I may~do, is an eye which seeks for green
1004 10|             for~soft things.~ There is no man so fortunate that
1005 10|         shall not be by him when~he is dying some who are pleased
1006 10|           who are pleased with what is going to happen. Suppose~
1007 10|          from this~schoolmaster? It is true that he was harsh to
1008 10|          tacitly condemns us.- This is what is said of a~good man.
1009 10|          condemns us.- This is what is said of a~good man. But
1010 10|          quiet death, the poor soul is easily separated~from the
1011 10|            compulsion; for this too is one~of the things according
1012 10|            thyself, For what object is~this man doing this? But
1013 10|             which pulls the strings is the thing which is~hidden
1014 10|          strings is the thing which is~hidden within: this is the
1015 10|        which is~hidden within: this is the power of persuasion,
1016 10|           power of persuasion, this is life, this, if~one may so
1017 10|            this, if~one may so say, is man. In contemplating thyself
1018 10|          the body. For indeed there is no more use in these~parts
1019 11|              where the whole action is incomplete,~if anything
1020 11|             it can say, I have what is my own. And further it traverses
1021 11|              but in a manner he who is~forty years old, if he has
1022 11|          all that will be. This too is a property of the rational
1023 11|             more than itself, which is also the property of Law.
1024 11|             life.~ What a soul that is which is ready, if at any
1025 11|           What a soul that is which is ready, if at any moment
1026 11|         stop~doing such good.~ What is thy art? To be good. And
1027 11|            art? To be good. And how is this accomplished well~except
1028 11|         happen to them, and that it is according to~nature for
1029 11|             are delighted with~what is shown on the stage, you
1030 11|     dramatic~writers, of which kind is the following especially:-~ ~
1031 11|           does it appear that there is not another condition of
1032 11|          also. So too a man when he is separated from~another man
1033 11|          who framed society, for it is in our power to grow again
1034 11|            grow again to~that which is near to us, and be to come
1035 11|           to~have one life with it, is not like that which after
1036 11|           which after being cut off is~then ingrafted, for this
1037 11|            then ingrafted, for this is something like what the
1038 11|         trouble thee. For this also is a weakness, to be vexed
1039 11|       through fear, and the man who is alienated from~him who is
1040 11|           is alienated from~him who is by nature a kinsman and
1041 11|        kinsman and a friend.~ There is no nature which is inferior
1042 11|            There is no nature which is inferior to art, for the
1043 11|       nature of things. But if this is so, that nature which is
1044 11|            is so, that nature which is the most~perfect and the
1045 11|             too. And,~indeed, hence is the origin of justice, and
1046 11|       maintains its figure, when it is~neither extended towards
1047 11|       dispersed nor sinks down, but is illuminated by light, by
1048 11|           things and the truth that is in~itself.~ Suppose any
1049 11|          complaining. For what evil is it to~thee, if thou art
1050 11|             thou art now doing what is agreeable to thy own nature,
1051 11|           that which at this moment is suitable to the nature~of
1052 11|             post in~order that what is for the common advantage
1053 11|           How unsound and insincere is he who says, I have determined
1054 11|          art thou doing, man? There is no~occasion to give this
1055 11|           Such as a man's~character is, he immediately shows it
1056 11|            his eyes, just as he who is~beloved forthwith reads
1057 11|         eyes of lovers. The man~who is honest and good ought to
1058 11|           affectation of simplicity is~like a crooked stick. Nothing
1059 11|            a crooked stick. Nothing is more disgraceful than a
1060 11|       things in the eyes, and there~is no mistaking.~ As to living
1061 11|            the best way, this power is in the soul, if it be~indifferent
1062 11|            remain~immovable, and it is we ourselves who produce
1063 11|          end. Besides, what trouble~is there at all in doing this?
1064 11|       contrary to nature, seek what is conformable to thy own nature,
1065 11|           reputation; for every man~is allowed to seek his own
1066 11|          Consider whence each thing is come, and of what it consists,
1067 11|          thee, consider first: What is my~relation to men, and
1068 11|       things are not mere atoms, it is~nature which orders all
1069 11|          orders all things: if this is so, the inferior things~
1070 11|            if they do not right, it is plain that they do so~involuntarily
1071 11|        ignorance. For as every soul is unwillingly~deprived of
1072 11|      deprived of the truth, so also is it unwillingly deprived
1073 11|            grieved, that man's life~is only a moment, and after
1074 11|             dead.~ Seventh, that it is not men's acts which disturb
1075 11|           ruling principles, but it is our~own opinions which disturb
1076 11|             grievous, and thy anger is gone. How then shall I take~
1077 11|         thee: for unless that which is shameful is alone~bad, thou
1078 11|       unless that which is shameful is alone~bad, thou also must
1079 11|         consider how much more pain is brought on us by the anger~
1080 11|             that a good disposition is invincible, if it be~genuine,
1081 11|            at the very time when~he is trying to do thee harm,
1082 11|        general principles that this is so, and that even~bees do
1083 11|          admire, but either when he is alone, and if~others are
1084 11|         that to be moved by~passion is not manly, but that mildness
1085 11|        courage, and not the man who is subject to fits of passion
1086 11|        degree in which a man's mind is nearer~to freedom from all
1087 11|             in the same degree also is it nearer to~strength: and
1088 11|            and as the sense of pain is a characteristic of weakness,
1089 11| characteristic of weakness, so~also is anger. For he who yields
1090 11|          the Muses (Apollo), and it is this- that to expect bad
1091 11|             bad men not to do~wrong is madness, for he who expects
1092 11|           not to~do thee any wrong, is irrational and tyrannical.~
1093 11|         occasion~thus: this thought is not necessary: this tends
1094 11|            thoughts. But the fourth~is when thou shalt reproach
1095 11|      thyself for anything, for this is an~evidence of the diviner
1096 11|       watery, though their tendency is downward, still are~raised
1097 11|             occupy a position which is not their natural one. In~
1098 11|             signal for dissolution. Is it not then~strange that
1099 11|             place? And yet no force is imposed on it,~but only
1100 11|             it~does not submit, but is carried in the opposite
1101 11|            anger and grief and~fear is nothing else than the act
1102 11|             when the ruling faculty is discontented with anything
1103 11|            deserts its post: for it is constituted for piety~and
1104 11|          life. But what I have said is not enough,~unless this
1105 11|            enough,~unless this also is added, what this object
1106 11|           ought to be. For as~there is not the same opinion about
1107 11|           some certain things, that is, things which concern the
1108 11|            going to him,~saying, It is because I would not perish
1109 11|             worst of all ends,~that is, I would not receive a favour
1110 11|        purity and nudity. For there is no veil over a star.~ Consider
1111 11|            rules~thyself. Much more is this so in life.~ A slave
1112 11|         slave thou art: free speech is not for thee.~ And my heart
1113 11|          look for the fig in winter is a madman's act: such is
1114 11|             is a madman's act: such is he who~looks for his child
1115 11|         looks for his child when it is no longer allowed.~ When
1116 11|        words of~bad omen.- "No word is a word of bad omen," said
1117 11|            work of nature; or if it is so, it is also a word of
1118 11|          nature; or if it is so, it is also a word of bad~omen
1119 11|          The dispute then, he said, is not about any common matter,
1120 12|          content~with the lot which is assigned to thee, for nature
1121 12|             are~thine, so far as it is thy duty to take care of
1122 12|           them; but the third~alone is properly thine. Therefore
1123 12|         separate from~thyself, that is, from thy understanding,
1124 12|            the breath (life), which is by nature~associated with
1125 12|           associated with the body, is attached to thee independent
1126 12|          free by itself, doing what is just and accepting what
1127 12|            to come and of time that is past, and~wilt make thyself
1128 12|            strive to live only what is really thy life, that~is,
1129 12|            is really thy life, that~is, the present- then thou
1130 12|             daemon (to the god~that is within thee).~ I have often
1131 12|          have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself
1132 12|          extinguished?~ But if this is so, be assured that if it
1133 12|           had it so. But because it is not so, if in fact it is
1134 12|            is not so, if in fact it is not~so, be thou convinced
1135 12|             most just;- but if this is so, they would not~have
1136 12|           even the left hand, which is ineffectual for all~other
1137 12|             a man should be~when he is overtaken by death; and
1138 12|         actions; consider what pain is, what~pleasure is, and death,
1139 12|         what pain is, what~pleasure is, and death, and fame; who
1140 12|            and death, and fame; who is to himself the cause of
1141 12|          his~uneasiness; how no man is hindered by another; that
1142 12|            another; that everything is~opinion.~ In the application
1143 12|             sword which he uses and is killed; but the other always
1144 12|   ridiculous and what a stranger he is who is surprised at~anything
1145 12|           what a stranger he is who is surprised at~anything which
1146 12|      happens in life.~ Either there is a fatal necessity and invincible
1147 12|             Book IV). If then there is an invincible necessity,
1148 12|           thou~resist? But if there is a Providence which allows
1149 12|          the divinity. But if~there is a confusion without governor,
1150 12|       losing its splendour~until it is extinguished; and shall
1151 12|           and shall the truth which is in thee and~justice and
1152 12|          How then do I know if this is a wrongful act? And even
1153 12|      condemned himself? and so~this is like tearing his own face.
1154 12|          have the bad man do wrong, is like the man who would not
1155 12|           man's disposition.~ If it is not right, do not do it:
1156 12|          right, do not do it: if it is not true, do not say~it.
1157 12|       always observe what the thing is which produces for~thee
1158 12|           thee by the strings. What is there now in my mind? Is
1159 12|            is there now in my mind? Is it fear, or~suspicion, or
1160 12|            Consider that everything is opinion, and opinion is
1161 12|             is opinion, and opinion is in thy power.~Take away
1162 12|     consists of all the~acts, which is our life, if it cease at
1163 12|       perfect.~And everything which is useful to the universal
1164 12|             useful to the universal is always good and~in season.
1165 12|   termination of life for every man is no evil,~because neither
1166 12|            no evil,~because neither is it shameful, since it is
1167 12|            is it shameful, since it is both independent of the~
1168 12|            general interest, but it is good, since it~is seasonable
1169 12|            but it is good, since it~is seasonable and profitable
1170 12|          universal.~For thus too he is moved by the deity who is
1171 12|           is moved by the deity who is moved in the same~manner
1172 12|           consider what every being is from the seed to~the time
1173 12|             what things every being is~compounded and into what
1174 12|             and into what things it is resolved. Third, if thou~
1175 12|        variety of them how great it is,~and at the same time also
1176 12|           see at a glance how great is the~number of beings who
1177 12|           that a man's wrongful act is nothing to thee; and~further
1178 12|       forgotten this too, how close is the kinship between a man~
1179 12|            whole human race, for it is a community, not of a little
1180 12|            every man's intelligence is a god, and is an efflux
1181 12|          intelligence is a god, and is an efflux of the deity;~
1182 12|        forgotten this, that nothing is a man's own, but that his
1183 12|     forgotten this,~that everything is opinion; and lastly thou
1184 12|            how worthless everything~is after which men violently
1185 12|          much more philosophical~it is for a man in the opportunities