In the whole of things there is one harmony: and just as all material bodies combine to make the world one body, a harmonious whole, so all causes combine to make Destiny one harmonious cause. Even quite unsophisticated people intuit what I mean. They say: Fate brought this on him.' Now if 'brought' is also 'prescribed', then let us accept these prescriptions just as we accept those of Asclepius - many of them too are harsh but we welcome them in the hope of health.
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