Do Not Imagine That These

First Theory . There Is No Providence At All For Anything In The Universe; All Parts Of The Universe, The Heavens And What They Contain, Owe Their Origin To Accident And Chance; There Exists No Being That Rules And Governs Them Or Provides For Them. This Is The Theory Of Epicurus.

Nobody Is Ever Impoverished Through The Giving Of Charity.

Let Nothing Which Can Be Treated By Diet Be Treated By Other Means.

All The Evils That Men Cause To Each Other Because Of Certain Desires, Or Opinions Or Religious Principles, Are Rooted In Ignorance. [all Hatred Would Come To An End] When The Earth Was Flooded With The Knowledge Of God.

There Is No Difference Between The Pain Of Humans And The Pain Of Other Living Beings, Since The Love And Tenderness Of The Mother For The Young Are Not Produced By Reasoning, But By Feeling, And This Faculty Exists Not Only In Humans But In Most Living Beings.