40. Constantly regard the universe as one living being, having one
substance and one soul; and observe how all things have reference to one
perception, the perception of this one living being; and how all things
act with one movement; and how all things are the co-operating causes of
all things which exist; observe too the continuous spinning of the thread
and the contexture of the web.

41. Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse, as Epictetus used to
say (I. C. 19).

42. It is no evil for things to undergo change, and no good for things to
subsist in consequence of change.

43. Time is like a river made up of the events which happen, and a
violent stream; for as soon as a thing has been seen, it is carried away,
and another comes in its place, and this will be carried away too.

44. Everything which happens is as familiar and well known as the rose in
spring and the fruit in summer; for such is disease, and death, and
calumny, and treachery, and whatever else delights fools or vexes them.

45. In the series of things, those which follow are always aptly fitted
to those which have gone before: for this series is not like a mere
enumeration of disjointed things, which has only a necessary sequence,
but it is a rational connection: and as all existing things are arranged
together harmoniously, so the things which come into existence exhibit no
mere succession, but a certain wonderful relationship (VI. 38; VII. 9;
VII. 75, note).

46. Always remember the saying of Heraclitus, that the death of earth is