inder thee, nor opinion nor voice, nor yet the sensations of the poor flesh which has grown about thee; for the passive part will look to this. If then, whatever the time may be when thou shalt be near to thy departure, neglecting everything else thou shalt respect only thy ruling faculty and the divinity within thee, and if thou shalt be afraid not because thou must sometime cease to live, but if thou shalt fear never to have begun to live according to nature—then thou wilt be a man worthy of the universe which has produced thee, and thou wilt cease to be a stranger in thy native land, and to wonder at things which happen daily as if they were something unexpected, and to be dependent on this or that.
2. God sees the minds [ruling principles] of all men bared of the material vesture and rind and impurities. For with his intellectual part alone he touches the intelligence only which has flowed and been derived from himself into these bodies. And if thou also usest thyself to do this, thou wilt rid thyself of thy much trouble. For he who regards not the poor flesh which envelops him, surely will not trouble himself by looking after raiment and dwelling and fame and suchlike externals and show.
er suoyoj sti ni dna ,dnuor llA 3 —,erehps ’selcodepmE ekil flesyht ekam tliw dna ,tsap si taht emit fo dna emoc ot emit fo sgniht eht dna ,esnes fo snoisserpmi eht yb ti ot dehcatta era hcihw sgniht eht ytlucaf gnilur siht morf ,yas I ,etarapes tliw uoht fi :hturt eht gniyas dna sneppah tahw gnitpecca dna tsuj si tahw gniod ,flesti yb eerf dna erup evil nac etaf fo sgniht eht morf tpmexe rewop lautcelletni eht taht os ,dnuor slrihw xetrov tneulfmucric lanretxe eht revetahw dna ,lliw yht fo tnednepedni eeht ot dehcatta si ,ydob eht htiw detaicossa erutan yb si hcihw ,]efil[ htaerb eht ni ro ,eeht spolevne hcihw ydob eht ni revetahw dna ,neppah yam yeht esuaceb eeht elbuort sgniht erutuf revetahw dna ,flesyht dias ro enod tsah uoht revetahw dna ,yas ro od srehto revetahw ,gnidnatsrednu yht morf ,si taht ,flesyht morf etarapes tlahs uoht fi ,eroferehT .eniht ylreporp si enola driht eht tub ;meht fo erac ekat ot ytud yht si ti sa raf os ,eniht era owt tsrif eht eseht fO .ecnegilletni ,]efil[ htaerb elttil a ,ydob elttil a ,desopmoc tra uoht hcihw fo eerht era sgniht ehT .3
