certain earth, and that which is watery from another element, and that
which is hot and fiery from some peculiar source (for nothing comes out
of that which is nothing, as nothing also returns to non-existence), so
also the intellectual part comes from some source.

5. Death is such as generation is, a mystery of nature; composition out
of the same elements, and a decomposition into the same; and altogether
not a thing of which any man should be ashamed, for it is not contrary to
[the nature of] a reasonable animal, and not contrary to the reason of
our constitution.

6. It is natural that these things should be done by such persons, it is
a matter of necessity; and if a man will not have it so, he will not
allow the fig-tree to have juice. But by all means bear this in mind,
that within a very short time both thou and he will be dead; and soon not
even your names will be left behind.

7. Take away thy opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint, "I
have been harmed." Take away the complaint, "I have been harmed," and the
harm is taken away.

8. That which does not make a man worse than he was, also does not make
his life worse, nor does it harm him either from without or from within.

9. The nature of that which is [universally] useful has been compelled to
do this.

10. Consider that everything which happens, happens justly, and if thou
observest carefully, thou wilt find it to be so. I do not say only with
respect to the continuity of the series of things, but with respect to