: alittlebody, alittlebreath [life], , sofarasitisthydutytotakecareofthem; , thatis, fromthyunderstanding, whateverothersdoorsay, andwhateverthouhastdoneorsaidthyself, andwhateverfuturethingstroubletheebecausetheymayhappen, andwhateverinthebodywhichenvelopstheeorinthebreath [life], whichisbynatureassociatedwiththebody, isattachedtotheeindependentofthywill, andwhatevertheexternalcircumfluentvortexwhirlsround, sothattheintellectualpowerexemptfromthethingsoffatecanlivepureandfreebyitself, doingwhatisjustandacceptingwhathappensandsayingthetruth: ifthouwiltseparate, Isay, fromthisrulingfacultythethingswhichareattachedtoitbytheimpressionsofsense, andthethingsoftimetocomeandoftimethatispast, andwiltmakethyselflikeEmpedocles' sphere,
"Allroundandinitsjoyousrestreposing;" [A]
andifthoushaltstrivetoliveonlywhatisreallythylife, thatis, thepresent,—thenthouwiltbeabletopassthatportionoflifewhichremainsfortheeuptothetimeofthydeathfreefromperturbations, nobly, andobedienttothyowndaemon [tothegodthatiswithinthee] (ii.13, 17; iii.5, 6; xi.12).
, , hecouldnotendureitevenforasingleday.[B] Somuchmorerespecthavewetowhatourneighborsshallthinkofusthantowhatweshallthinkofourselves.
[A] , thus:— [Greek: Sphairoskykloterêsmoniê perigêtheigai?n.]
[B] iii.4.
