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those who rely on higher principles feel quite differently when they detect change in them. That all things under the sun undergo change is a fact placed beyond the hazard of controversy original: "extra controversiae aleam," literally "outside the roll of the dice of controversy," meaning it is an absolute certainty. among all people. And just as in the macrocosm macrocosm: the "great world," or the universe as a whole, so also in the microcosm microcosm: the "small world," a traditional philosophical term for the human being as a miniature reflection of the universe and all things pertaining to it, no smaller changes are detected.
Man is born and he dies. He is changed by his character, his age, the stature of his body, his temperament, the habits of his mind, the gifts of fortune, and what not? Today this man is rich, that one is poor. Tomorrow, Fortune turns her wheel in the opposite direction. All kingdoms and dominions undergo change, nor do they submit their symbols of authority original: "fasces," the Roman ceremonial bundles of rods symbolizing power and jurisdiction. to one master for long. This is manifest to anyone who surveys all corners of the world, at least in their mind. But how by many more...