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Book 5
Everyportionofmewillbereassignedasanotherportionoftheworld,andthatinturntransformedintoanother.Adinfinitum.
Iwasproducedthroughonesuchtransformation,andmyparentstoo,andsoonback.Adinfinitum.
N.B.:Stillholdsgood,eveniftheworldgoesthroughrecurrentcycles.
14.Thelogosanditsemploymentareforcessufficientforthemselvesandfortheirworks.Theystartfromtheirownbeginning,theyproceedtotheappointedend.Wecallsuchactivities"directed,"fromthedirectnessoftheircourse.
15.Nothingpertainstohumanbeingsexceptwhatdefinesusashuman.Nootherthingscanbedemandedofus.Theyaren’tpropertohumannature,norisitincompletewithoutthem.Itfollowsthattheyarenotourgoal,orwhathelpsusreachit—thegood.Ifanyofthemwerepropertous,itwouldbeimpropertodisdainorresistit.Norwouldweadmirepeoplewhoshowthemselvesimmunetoit.Ifthethingsthemselvesweregood,itcouldhardlybegoodtogivethemup.Butinrealitythemorewedenyourselvessuchthings(andthingslikethem)—oraredeprivedoftheminvoluntarily,even—thebetterwebecome.
16.Thethingsyouthinkaboutdeterminethequalityofyourmind.Yoursoultakesonthecolorofyourthoughts.Coloritwitharunofthoughtslikethese:
I.Anywhereyoucanleadyourlife,youcanleadagoodone.
—Livesareledatcourt....
Thengoodonescanbe.
