Moral essays. With an English translation by J.W. Basore

.eyON PROVIDENCE, vi. 1^E\ il of every sort he keeps far from them—sin andcrime, evil counsel and schemes for greed, blind lustand avarice intent upon another's goods. The goodman himself he protects and delivers : does any>' t" require of God that he should also guard thed man's luggage ? Nay, the good man himselfeves God of this concern ; he despises externals. -^Dcmocritus, considering riches to be a burden to thevirtuous mind, renounced them. Why, then, do you^vonder if God suffers that to be the good man's lot\\ liich the good man himself sometimes choosessliould be his lot ? Good men lose their sons ; whyiii't, since sometimes they even slay them ? They