§144XV Ὁ τῆς φύσεως πλοῦτος καὶ ὥρισται καὶ εὐπόριστός ἐστιν· ὁ δὲ τῶν κενῶν δοξῶν εἰς ἄπειρον ἐκπίπτει.
XV The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain fancies extends to infinity.
XVΙ Βραχέα σοφῷ τύχη παρεμπίπτει, τὰ δὲ μέγιστα καὶ κυριώτατα ὁ λογισμὸς διῴκηκε καὶ κατὰ τὸν συνεχῆ χρόνον τοῦ βίου διοικεῖ καὶ διοικήσει.
XVI A wise man is but little affected by fortune, for the greatest and most important matters have been directed by reason, and are directed, and will be directed through the continuous course of life.
XVΙΙ Ὁ δίκαιος 〈βίος〉 ἀταρακτότατος, ὁ δ’ ἄδικος πλείστης ταραχῆς γέμων.
XVII The just 〈life〉 is the most undisturbed, but the unjust is full of the greatest disturbance.
XVΙΙΙ Οὐκ ἐπαύξεται ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ ἡ ἡδονή, ἐπειδὰν ἅπαξ τὸ κατ’ ἔνδειαν ἀλγοῦν ἐξαιρεθῇ, ἀλλὰ μόνον ποικίλλεται· τῆς δὲ διανοίας τὸ πέρας τὸ κατὰ τὴν ἡδονὴν ἀπεγέννησεν ἥ τε τούτων αὐτῶν ἐκλόγισις καὶ τῶν ὁμογενῶν τούτοις, ὅσα τοὺς μεγίστους φόβους παρεσκεύαζε τῇ διανοίᾳ.
XVIII Pleasure in the flesh does not increase when once the pain of want has been removed, but is only varied; while the limit of pleasure in the mind is produced by calculating these very things and their kindred, which used to provide the mind with its greatest fears.
§145XΙX Ὁ ἄπειρος χρόνος ἴσην ἔχει τὴν ἡδονὴν καὶ ὁ πεπερασμένος, ἐάν τις αὐτῆς τὰ πέρατα καταμετρήσῃ τῷ λογισμῷ.
XIX Infinite time contains no greater pleasure than limited time, if one measures the limits of pleasure by reason.
XX Ἡ μὲν σὰρξ ἀπέλαβε τὰ πέρατα τῆς ἡδονῆς ἄπειρα, κἂν ἄπειρος αὐτὴν χρόνος παρεσκεύασεν.
XX The flesh receives the limits of pleasure as unlimited, as if unlimited time had provided it.
ἡ δὲ διάνοια τοῦ τῆς σαρκὸς τέλους καὶ πέρατος λαβοῦσα τὸν ἐπιλογισμὸν καὶ τοὺς ὑπὲρ τοῦ αἰῶνος φόβους ἐκλύσασα τὸν παντελῆ βίον παρεσκεύασε, καὶ οὐθὲν ἔτι τοῦ ἀπείρου χρόνου προσεδεήθη[μεν]· ἀλλ’ οὔτε ἔφυγε τὴν ἡδονήν, οὐδ’ ἡνίκα τὴν ἐξαγωγὴν ἐκ τοῦ ζῆν τὰ πράγματα παρεσκεύαζεν, ὡς ἐλλείπουσά τι τοῦ ἀρίστου βίου κατέστρεφεν.
But the mind, having attained a rational understanding of the end and limit of the flesh, and having dissolved the fears concerning eternity, has provided us with a complete life, and we no longer have any need of infinite time; yet it does not flee from pleasure, nor, when circumstances prepare the departure from life, does it end its existence as though it lacked anything of the best life.
§146XXΙ Ὁ τὰ πέρατα τοῦ βίου κατειδὼς οἶδεν, ὡς εὐπόριστόν ἐστι τὸ 〈τὸ〉 ἀλγοῦν κατ’ ἔνδειαν ἐξαιροῦν καὶ τὸ τὸν ὅλον βίον παντελῆ καθιστάν· ὥστε οὐδὲν προσδεῖται πραγμάτων ἀγῶνας κεκτημένων.
XXI He who understands the limits of life knows how easy it is to procure that which removes the pain of want and makes the whole of life complete; so that he has no need of things which involve struggle.
XXΙΙ Τὸ ὑφεστηκὸς δεῖ τέλος ἐπιλογίζεσθαι καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ἐνάργειαν, ἐφ’ ἣν τὰ δοξαζόμενα ἀνάγομεν· εἰ δὲ μή, πάντα ἀκρισίας καὶ ταραχῆς ἔσται μεστά.
XXII We must consider both the established end and all clear sensory evidence to which we refer our opinions; otherwise, everything will be full of uncertainty and confusion.
XXΙΙΙ Εἰ μαχῇ πάσαις ταῖς αἰσθήσεσιν, οὐχ ἕξεις οὐδ’ ἃς ἂν φῇς αὐτῶν διεψεῦσθαι πρὸς τί ποιούμενος τὴν ἀναγωγὴν κρίνῃς.
XXIII If you fight against all sensations, you will have no standard of reference by which to judge even those which you say are deceived.
§147XXΙV Εἴ τιν ἐκβαλεῖς ἁπλῶς αἴσθησιν καὶ μὴ διαιρήσεις τὸ δοξαζόμενον κατὰ τὸ προσμένον καὶ τὸ παρὸν ἤδη κατὰ τὴν αἴσθησιν καὶ τὰ πάθη καὶ πᾶσαν φανταστικὴν ἐπιβολὴν τῆς διανοίας, συνταράξεις καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς αἰσθήσεις τῇ ματαίῳ δόξῃ, ὥστε τὸ κριτήριον ἅπαν ἐκβαλεῖς.
XXIV If you reject any sensation absolutely, and do not distinguish between what is opinion waiting for confirmation, and what is already present in sensation, feelings, and every mental apprehension of representation, you will confound the remaining sensations with your vain opinion, so that you will reject every criterion.
εἰ δὲ βεβαιώσεις καὶ τὸ προσμένον ἅπαν ἐν ταῖς δοξαστικαῖς ἐννοίαις καὶ τὸ μὴ τὴν ἐπιμαρτύρησιν * * οὐκ † ἐκλείψεις τὸ διεψευσμένον, ὥσ〈τε〉 τετηρηκὼς ἔσῃ πᾶσαν ἀμφισβήτησιν καὶ πᾶσαν κρίσιν τοῦ ὀρθῶς ἢ μὴ ὀρθῶς.
And if you confirm as true everything that waits for confirmation in your opinionative concepts and what does not receive confirmation, you will not escape error, so that you will maintain every doubt and every judgment on what is correct or incorrect.
§148XXV Εἰ μὴ παρὰ πάντα καιρὸν ἐπανοίσεις ἕκαστον τῶν 11 πραττομένων ἐπὶ τὸ τέλος τῆς φύσεως, ἀλλὰ προκαταστρέψεις εἴτε φυγὴν εἴτε δίωξιν ποιούμενος εἰς ἄλλο τι, οὐκ ἔσονταί σοι τοῖς λόγοις αἱ πράξεις ἀκόλουθοι.
XXV If you do not on every occasion refer each of your 11 actions to the end of nature, but instead turn aside to something else in avoiding or pursuing, your actions will not be consistent with your theories.
XXVΙ Τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν ὅσαι μὴ ἐπ’ ἀλγοῦν ἐπανάγουσιν ἐὰν μὴ συμπληρωθῶσιν, οὐκ εἰσὶν ἀναγκαῖαι, ἀλλ’ εὐδιάχυτον τὴν ὄρεξιν ἔχουσιν, ὅταν δυσπόριστοι ἢ βλάβης ἀπεργαστικαὶ δόξωσιν εἶναι.
XXVI Of desires, all those which do not lead to pain if they are not satisfied are not necessary, but their craving is easily dissipated when they are difficult to procure or seem to be productive of harm.
XXVΙΙ Ὧν ἡ σοφία παρασκευάζεται εἰς τὴν τοῦ ὅλου βίου μακαριότητα, πολὺ μέγιστόν ἐστιν ἡ τῆς φιλίας κτῆσις.
XXVII Of all the means which wisdom acquires to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friendship.
XXVΙΙΙ Ἡ αὐτὴ γνώμη θαρρεῖν τε ἐποίησεν ὑπὲρ τοῦ μηθὲν αἰώνιον εἶναι δεινὸν μηδὲ πολυχρόνιον, καὶ τὴν ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῖς ὡρισμένοις ἀσφάλειαν φιλίᾳ μάλιστα κατεῖδε συντελουμένην.
XXVIII The same conviction which has given us confidence that nothing terrible is eternal or even long-lasting, has also seen that security in those limited circumstances is most of all made complete by friendship.