Размышления
Book 12
Alltherestiswithinitspower,orbeyonditscontrol—corpsesandsmoke.
34.Anincentivetotreatdeathasunimportant:evenpeoplewhoseonlymoralityispainandpleasurecanmanagethatmuch.
35.Ifyoumakeripenessaloneyourgood...
Ifafewactionsmoreorless,governedbytherightlogos,aremerelyafewmoreorless...
Ifitmakesnodifferencewhetheryoulookattheworldforthislongorthatlong...
...thendeathshouldn’tscareyou.
36.You’velivedasacitizeninagreatcity.Fiveyearsorahundred—what’sthedifference?Thelawsmakenodistinction.
Andtobesentawayfromit,notbyatyrantoradishonestjudge,butbyNature,whofirstinvitedyouin—whyisthatsoterrible?
Liketheimpresarioringingdownthecurtainonanactor:
"ButI’veonlygottenthroughthreeacts...!"
Yes.Thiswillbeadramainthreeacts,thelengthfixedbythepowerthatdirectedyourcreation,andnowdirectsyourdissolution.Neitherwasyourstodetermine.
Somakeyourexitwithgrace—thesamegraceshowntoyou.
