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Book 4
RememberHeraclitus:"Whenearthdies,itbecomeswater;water,air;air,fire;andbacktothebeginning."
"Thosewhohaveforgottenwheretheroadleads."
"Theyareatoddswithwhatisallaroundthem"—theall-directinglogos.And"theyfindalienwhattheymeetwitheveryday."
"Ourwordsandactionsshouldnotbelikethoseofsleepers"(forweactandspeakindreamsaswell)"orofchildrencopyingtheirparents"—doingandsayingonlywhatwehavebeentold.
47.Supposethatagodannouncedthatyouweregoingtodietomorrow"orthedayafter."Unlessyouwereacompletecowardyouwouldn’tkickupafussaboutwhichdayitwas—whatdifferencecoulditmake?Nowrecognizethatthedifferencebetweenyearsfromnowandtomorrowisjustassmall.
48.Don’tletyourselfforgethowmanydoctorshavedied,afterfurrowingtheirbrowsoverhowmanydeathbeds.Howmanyastrologers,afterpompousforecastsaboutothers’ends.Howmanyphilosophers,afterendlessdisquisitionsondeathandimmortality.Howmanywarriors,afterinflictingthousandsofcasualtiesthemselves.Howmanytyrants,afterabusingthepoweroflifeanddeathatrociously,asiftheywerethemselvesimmortal.
Howmanywholecitieshavemettheirend:Helike,Pompeii,Herculaneum,andcountlessothers.
Andalltheonesyouknowyourself,oneafteranother.
