“This much may well suffice to set forth the form of false happiness; if this is now clear to thine eyes, the next step is to show what true happiness is.”
“Indeed,” said I, “I see clearly enough that neither is independence to be found in wealth, nor power in sovereignty, nor reverence in dignities, nor fame in glory, nor true joy in pleasures.”
“Hast thou discerned also the causes why this is so?”
“I seem to have some inkling, but I should like to learn more at large from thee.”
“Why, truly the reason is hard at hand. That which is simple and indivisible by nature human error separates , and transforms from the true and perfect to the false and imperfect. Dost thou imagine that which lacketh nothing can want power?”
“Certainly not.”