Whatever may happen to thee, it was prepared for thee from all eternity; and the implication of causes was from eternity spinning the thread of thy being, and of that which is incident to it (iii. 11; iv. 26).
From his personal reflections, this passage asserts the predetermined nature of all events and their intricate connection to one's existence.
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What remains, except to enjoy life by joining one good thing to another so as not to leave even the smallest intervals between?
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!
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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