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Note 2 (p. 49). 



Heracleitus says, Uorafi^ yap ovk eari B\s €fi^TJvai 

 ra> (TvTa; but, to be strictly accurate, the river re- 

 mains, though the water of which it is composed 

 changes — just as a man retains his identity though 

 the whole substance of his body is constantly 

 shifting. 



This is put very well by Seneca (Ep. Ivii. i. 20, 

 Ed. Kuhkopf ) : " Corpora nostra rapiuntur fluminum 

 more, quidquid vides currit cum tempore; nihil ex 

 his quae videmus manet. Ego ipse dum loquor mu- 

 tari ista, mutatus sum. Hoc est quod ait Hera- 

 clitus ' In idem flumen bis non descendimus.' Ma- 

 net idem fluminis nomen, aqua transmissa est. Hoc 

 in amne manifestius est quam in homine, sed nos 

 quoque non minus velox cursus prastervehit." 



Note 3 (p. 55). 



"Multa bona nostra nobis nocent, timoris enim 

 tormentum memoria reducit, providentia anticipat. 

 Nemo tantum praesentibus miser est." (Seneca, Ed. 

 V. 7.) 



Among the many wise and weighty aphorisms of 

 the Koman Bacon, few sound the realities of life 

 more deeply than " Multa bona nostra nobis nocent." 

 If there is a soul of good in things evil, it is at least 

 equally true that there is a soul of evil in things 

 good : for things, like men, have " les defauts de leurs 

 qualites." It is one of the last lessons one learns 

 from experience, but not the least important, that a 



