Now what supporteth the whole World, 2 <#fn_202> is Providence; what
holdeth it together and encircleth it about, is [called] Necessity; what
drives all on and drives them round, 3 <#fn_203> is Fate, bringing
Necessity to bear on them (for that its nature is the bringing into play
of [this] Necessity); [it 4 <#fn_204> is] the cause of birth and death 5
<#fn_205> of life.

So, then, the Cosmos is beneath the sway of

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[paragraph continues] Providence 1 <#fn_206> (for ’tis the first to meet
with it); but Providence [itself] 2 <#fn_207> extends itself to Heaven.

For which cause, 3 <#fn_208> too, the Gods revolve, and speed round
[Heaven], 4 <#fn_209> possessed of tireless, never-ceasing motion.

But Fate [extends itself in Cosmos]; for which cause, too, Necessity
[encompasses the Cosmos]. 5 <#fn_210>

And Providence foreknows; but Fate’s the reason of the disposition of
the Stars. 6 <#fn_211>

Such is the law that no one can escape, by which all things are
ordered. 7 <#fn_212>

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