Размышления
Book 3
Andanyonewithafeelingfornature—adeepersensitivity—willfinditallgivespleasure.Evenwhatseemsinadvertent.He’llfindthejawsofliveanimalsasbeautifulaspaintedonesorsculptures.He’lllookcalmlyatthedistinctbeautyofoldageinmen,women,andatthelovelinessofchildren.Andotherthingslikethatwillcallouttohimconstantly—thingsunnoticedbyothers.ThingsseenonlybythoseathomewithNatureanditsworks.
3.Hippocratescuredmanyillnesses—andthenfellillanddied.TheChaldaeanspredictedthedeathsofmanyothers;induecoursetheirownhourarrived.Alexander,Pompey,Caesar—whoutterlydestroyedsomanycities,cutdownsomanythousandfootandhorseinbattle—theytoodepartedthislife.Heraclitusoftentoldustheworldwouldendinfire.Butitwasmoisturethatcarriedhimoff;hediedsmearedwithcowshit.Democrituswaskilledbyordinaryvermin,Socratesbythehumankind.
And?
Youboarded,yousetsail,you’vemadethepassage.Timetodisembark.Ifit’sforanotherlife,well,there’snowherewithoutgodsonthatsideeither.Iftonothingness,thenyounolongerhavetoputupwithpainandpleasure,orgoondancingattendanceonthisbatteredcrate,yourbody—somuchinferiortothatwhichservesit.
Oneismindandspirit,theotherearthandgarbage.
4.Don’twastetherestofyourtimehereworryingaboutotherpeople—unlessitaffectsthecommongood.
