22.
The fifth class is made up of the things which exist in the usual sense of the term.
These things are the first that have to do with us; here we have all such things as men, cattle, and things.
In the sixth class goes all that which has a fictitious existence, like void, or time.
Whatever is concrete to the sight or touch, Plato does not include among the things which he believes to be existent in the strict sense of the term.
These things are the first that have to do with us: here we have all such things as men, cattle, and things.
For they are in a state of flux, constantly diminishing or increasing.
None of us is the same man in old age that he was in youth; nor the same on the morrow as on the day preceding.
Our bodies are hurried along like flowing waters; every visible object accompanies time in its flight; of the things which we see, nothing is fixed.
Even I myself, as I comment on this change, am changed myself.
Book: Moral Letters Vol I
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On being
Location: Chapter 58, Section 22
Content:
22.
The fifth class is made up of the things which exist in the usual sense of the term.
These things are the first that have to do with us; here we have all such things as men, cattle, and things.
In the sixth class goes all that which has a fictitious existence, like void, or time.
Whatever is concrete to the sight or touch, Plato does not include among the things which he believes to be existent in the strict sense of the term.
These things are the first that have to do with us: here we have all such things as men, cattle, and things.
For they are in a state of flux, constantly diminishing or increasing.
None of us is the same man in old age that he was in youth; nor the same on the morrow as on the day preceding.
Our bodies are hurried along like flowing waters; every visible object accompanies time in its flight; of the things which we see, nothing is fixed.
Even I myself, as I comment on this change, am changed myself.