his takes it and goes to work, and creates a child.
This... from that?Or:He pours food down his throat. And then a force not his
takes it and creates sensations, desires, daily life, physical
strength and so much else besides.
To look at these things going on silently and see the force
that drives them. As we see the force that pushes things and
pulls them. Not with our eyes, but just as clearly.
- To bear in mind constantly that all of this has happened
before. And will happen again—the same plot from
beginning to end, the identical staging. Produce them in your
mind, as you know them from experience or from history: the
court of Hadrian, of Antoninus. The courts of Philip,
Alexander, Croesus. All just the same. Only the people
different. - People who feel hurt and resentment: picture them as the
pig at the sacrifice, kicking and squealing all the way.
Like the man alone in his bed, silently weeping over the
chains that bind us.
That everything has to submit. But only rational beings can