Dissolution
As a stream so are all things belonging to the body
as a dream so are all that belong unto the soul
Our life is a warfare
and a mere pilgrimage
Only one thing preserves:
Philosophy-
never to do anything either
rashly
or feignedly
or hypocritically
depend on yourself
your own proper actions
all things embrace
and above all
calmly
cheerfully
expect death,
the resolution of those Elements
of which every creature is composed
that dissolution
and alteration
which is so common unto all
why should it be feared by any?
Is not this according to nature?
Nothing that is
according to Nature
can be evil.
Meditations II, 17(/15).
M. Casaubon, Trans. 1635
W.M.D Rouse, Trans. 1906
