To Eat And Drink Without A Friend

Moreover, The Universe As A Whole Is Infinite, For Whatever Is Limited Has An Outermost Edge To Limit It, And Such An Edge Is Defined By Something Beyond. Since The Universe Has No Edge, It Has No Limit; And Since It Lacks A Limit, It Is Infinite And Unbounded. Moreover, The Universe Is Infinite Both In The Number Of Its Atoms And In The Extent Of Its Void.

So Death, The Most Terrifying Of Ills, Is Nothing To Us, Since So Long As We Exist, Death Is Not With Us; But When Death Comes, Then We Do Not Exist. It Does Not Then Concern Either The Living Or The Dead, Since For The Former It Is Not, And The Latter Are No More.

Men Are So Thoughtless, Nay, So Mad, That Some, Through Fear Of Death, Force Themselves To Die.

The Pleasant Life Is Not Produced By Continual Drinking And Dancing, Nor Sexual Intercourse, Nor Rare Dishes Of Sea Food And Other Delicacies Of A Luxurious Table. On The Contrary, It Is Produced By Sober Reasoning Which Examines The Motives For Every Choice And Avoidance, Driving Away Beliefs Which Are The Source Of Mental Disturbances.

In A Philosophical Dispute, He Gains Most Who Is Defeated, Since He Learns Most.