8.21

Turn it inside out and see the sort of thing it is, what it is like when it grows old or falls sick or . . . . . ..1 Short-lived alike are praiser and the praised, he who remembers and he who is remembered. Moreover, they live in a mere corner of this region of the globe and even here all are not in accord, nor is even a man in accord with himself. The whole earth, too, is a mere point.

Translator Notes

  1. 1.
    The word, are corrupt, nor has any satisfactory remedy been proposed.