Between Heathenism and Christianity - College of Stoic Philosophers
Between Heathenism and Christianity - College of Stoic Philosophers
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Selections from the Writings <strong>of</strong> Seneca<br />
place which belongs to it<br />
by right <strong>of</strong> birth. Its<br />
origin calls it on high.<br />
Let another begin a quarrel, but let reconciliation<br />
begin with thee.<br />
What else is nature than God <strong>and</strong> the divine reason<br />
that permeates the whole world <strong>and</strong> all its parts.<br />
Whithersoever thou turnest thou wilt see Him before<br />
thee; there is no place where He is not; He Himself<br />
fills all His work.<br />
Every crime is committed before the deed is done.<br />
The human mind has come down from the spirit<br />
that dwells on high.<br />
Believe me, the creator <strong>of</strong> this vast universe, who<br />
ever he may have been, whether it was a god, master<br />
<strong>of</strong> everything, whether it was an incoporeal intelli<br />
gence able to bring forth the most brilliant marvels,<br />
whether it was a divine spirit diffused with equal en<br />
ergy in the smallest <strong>and</strong> the largest things, whether<br />
it was destiny <strong>and</strong> an immutable concatenation <strong>of</strong><br />
causes linked together: this sovereign potentate did<br />
not wish to leave us dependent upon any<br />
even in the smallest matters.<br />
one else<br />
Stars shall impinge upon stars <strong>and</strong> all matter that<br />
now delights us with its beautiful order will burn in<br />
one huge conflagration.<br />
How <strong>of</strong>ten he who refuses pardon to others begs it<br />
for himself!<br />
It is base to say one thing <strong>and</strong> mean another; it<br />
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