第22章
1。Injusticeisimpiety。ForiureoftheUniversehasfashioiouresforthesakeofohaviewtomutualbebaseduponworth,butbynomeansforharm,thetransgressorofherwillapietyagaiveies。
AooactsimpiouslywithrespeeGoddess。FortheheUhehingsthatare。AhatarehaveanintimatewithallthethingsthathaveeverbeehisNatureish,andistheprimarycauseofallthatistrue。Thewillingliarthenisimpiousinsofarashisdeceitisawrong-doing;andtheunwillingliartoo,forheisoutoftuheheWhole,aofdisinflictwiththeNatureofanorderlyUniverse;forheisinflictwhoallowshimself,asfarashisductgoes,tobetooppositiontowhatistrue。Andwhereashehadpreviouslybeeurewiththemeansofdistinguishirue,byousethemhehaslostthepower。
Agaisimpiouslywhoseeksafterpleasureasagoodthingandesasanevil。ForsumustiablyfiwiththeUureasunfairinitsapportioheworthlessahy,sihlessareoftenlappedinpleasuresahingsthatmakeforpleasure,whiletheworthymeetwithpaihatmakeforpaidreadspainwillsomedaybeindreadofsomethingthatmustbeintheworld。Andthereietyatohuntsafterpleasureswillnotholdhishandfromihisispalpableimpiety。
Butthose,whoareofohNatureandwouldwalkinherways,mustholdaitudetowardsthosethingstowardswhiiversalral-forshewouldheMakerofbothweresheowardsboth。Soheclearlyactswithimpietywhoisraltoleasure,deathandlife,goodreportahingswhiatureoftheUswithy。AndbytheUuretreatihyImeanthatallthirallyinaofsequehingsthateiheirafterproduevalimpulseofProvidenacewithwhichSheelledbysomeprimalimpulsetothismakingofanorderedUniverse,whenshehadceivedprinciplesforallthatwastobe,andallocatedthepeanddsussuchaswesee。
2。Itweremracefuldoubtlessforamafrommankinduhfalsehoodandalldissimulationandluxuryandarrogangthat,however,thecourseistobreatheouthislifewhenhisgehasrisehings。Orisitthychoicetothrowinthylotwithviddoesasteofityetpersuadetheetoflyfromthepestileheofthemifarworsethananysuchmiasmaandvitiationoftheairwhichwebreathearouerisapestilencefcreaturesaheirlife,theformerforhumanbeingsaheirhumanity。
&death,butweleit,forlikeallelse。Fordissolutionisbutoheprocessesofedwiththylife'svariousseasons,suchastobeyouowaxtoourprimeaogrowteethandbeardandgrayhairs,tobeget,dbringforth。Amahasreasoeroutshouldowardsdeaththeattitudeofindiffereance,ors,butawaititasoheprocessesofNature。Lookforthehourwhenthysoulshallemergefromthisitssheath,asnowthouawaitestthemomehechildshecarriesshallthyos;swomb。
Butifthoudesirestaooothatealtotheheart,nothiheetomeetdeathwithequahaheehaofcharacterswithwhomthysoulshallnolongerbemixedup。Forwhileitisveryfarfrhttobedisgustedwiththem,butrathereventobefrielywiththem,yetitiswelltorememberthatnotfrommenoflikeprihihyreleasebe。Forthisalohing,coulddrawusbadustolife,ifitwerebutpermittedustolivewiththoseossessedthemselvesofthesameprinciplesasours。Butnowthouseesthowthouartdrivenbysheerwearihejarringdiscordofthylifewiththemtosay:Tarryperadveedmyself。
&d,dtohimself。Theunjustmanisunjusttohimself,forhemakeshimselfbad。
&enaninjustiissionaswellasofission。
&assumptihtlyappreheactsoacted,thepresentdispositiohallthatbefallsitfromtheCauseexternaltoit-thesewillsuffice。
7。Effaatiorainimpulse。Queherulihineownpower。
8。Amongirratiouresoributed,andamoioellectualsoulhasbee。Justasalsothereisohforallthethingsthatareoftheearth;ahelightwherebywesee,aheairweallbreathethathavesightandlife。
9。Allthatshareinaenthaveanaffinityfortheirowrendofallthatisearthyistoearth;fluidsallruhesamewiththeaerial;sothatobstadforkeepthemapart。Fireieorisebyreasoalfire,butissoquicktobekindledinsympathywithallfireherebelowthateverysortofmatter,awhitdrierthanusual,iseasilykioitshaviuentscalculatedtoofferresistaskindlihatsharesintheUelligentNaturehasasstronganaffinitytowardswhatisakirohemeasureofitssuperioritytoallsisthemeasureofitsreadioblendahthatwhitoit。
Ataobeginwithamongirratioureswefindswarmsandherdsandbird-iesand,asitwere,love-assos。Foralreadyatthatstagetherearesouls,andthebondofaffiselfinthehigherformtoadegreeofifoundinplantsorstoimber。Butamongratiouresarefoundpolitiunitiesandfriendshipsandhouseholdsandgatheringsandiiesandarmistithingsstillhigherasortofuios,asihustheasttothehigherformisabletoeffectasympathetiongthingsarate。
&henetime;foratthepreseisoelligehathavefotteualaffinityandattradherealohereisnosignoflikeflowifleeastheywill,theyareioils,forNaturewillhaveherway。Watchdthouos;tisso。Easierataofihingintouothihanamanwhollyseveredfrommankind。
10。Theyallbearfruit-ManandGodandtheUsdueseasomattersnoughtthatinaryparlaermisstrictlyapplilytothevineandsugs。Reasontoohathitsfruitbothforallandforitself,andthereissuefromitssuchasisReasonitself。
11。Ifthouartable,vertthewro,bearinmindthatkindlinesswasgivejustsuchacase。TheGodstooarekindlytosusandevehthemfordsforhealth,towit,ahandfame,sobenighoutoostbethesame;orsaywhoistherethatpreventsthee。
12。Dothyworkne,norasdesirousofpityorpraise。Desireohingonly,toaottoactascividirects。
13。ThisdayhaveIgotmeoutofalltrouble,orratherhavecastoutalltrouble,foritwasnotfromwithout,butwithin,inmyownimagination。
14。Allthesearethingsoffamiliarexperieioheirmaterialfisnowasitwasinthedaysofthosewhomwehaveburied。
15。Objegsstahedthemselvestothemselves,withoutknowledgeeaboutthemselves。Whatthenhasforusamessageaboutthem?TherulingReason。
16。eduponbutinactivityliestheevilandthegoodoftherationalandciviccreature,justashisvirtuetooandhisviadedupon。
17。Thestoisthrownintotheairishewdowerfcarriedup>
18。FihinintReason,andthoushaltseewhatthesejudgesarewhomthoufearestandwhattheirjudgmentofthemselvesisworth。
19。geistheuniversalexperiethyselfundergoiransformationa,dedthewholeUniverseaswell。
20。Another&apshouldbeleftwithhim。