swallowed up! And let the same thought occur to thee with reference to
every man and thing (V. 23; VI. 15).

20. One thing only troubles me, lest I should do something which the
constitution of man does not allow, or in the way which it does not
allow, or what it does not allow now.

21. Near is thy forgetfulness of all things; and near the forgetfulness
of thee by all.

22. It is peculiar to man to love even those who do wrong. And this
happens, if when they do wrong it occurs to thee that they are kinsmen,
and that they do wrong through ignorance and unintentionally, and that
soon both of you will die; and above all, that the wrong-doer has done
thee no harm, for he has not made thy ruling faculty worse than it was
before.

23. The universal nature out of the universal substance, as if it were
wax, now moulds a horse, and when it has broken this up, it uses the
material for a tree, then for a man, then for something else; and each of
these things subsists for a very short time. But it is no hardship for
the vessel to be broken up, just as there was none in its being fastened
together (VIII. 50).

24. A scowling look is altogether unnatural; when it is often assumed,
[Footnote: 5] the result is that all comeliness dies away, and at last is
so completely extinguished that it cannot be again lighted up at all. Try
to conclude from this very fact that it is contrary to reason. For if
even the perception of doing wrong shall depart, what reason is there for
living any longer?