But the universal nature delights in change, and in obedience to her all things are now done well, and from eternity have been in like form, and will be such to time without end.
Marcus Aurelius describes the universal nature as finding joy in constant change, asserting that all things unfold perfectly according to its eternal design.
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And how small a part of the whole substance; and how small a part of the universal soul; and on what a small clod of the whole earth thou creepest!
What remains, except to enjoy life by joining one good thing to another so as not to leave even the smallest intervals between?
But it is inconsistent with honoring reason and God to be troubled because by death a man will be deprived of the other things.
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