A passage from Cleanthes
Cleanthes, Hymn to Zeus lines 20–24
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This universe, whatever it be, which encompasses all things, and is in a certain sense divine, is steered by thee according to thy law. Save men from their grievous error and from their wretched ignorance.
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Your present opinion founded on understanding, your present conduct directed to social good, your present disposition contented with everything that happens — that is enough.
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Of human life the time is a point, the substance flowing, the perception dull... The only thing that escorts a man on his way is philosophy.
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He who acts unjustly acts impiously. For since the universal nature has made rational animals for the sake of one another, he who acts contrary to nature commits impiety against the highest divinity.