How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter)
Quote #10
The work of universal nature is to translate this reality to another, to change things, to take them from here and carry them there. All things are mutations, but there is equality too in their distribution. All is familiar: no cause then for fear of anything new. (8.6)
Marcus is feeling either more positive or more resigned to the concept of change in the universe here. He's a mutation, but that's okay: everyone is. He means to say that we are all in a constant state of flux: maturing, dying, being translated into another form at the order of the universe. But it's all good: it's what living things do. It's always been this way, and it'll be this way for the rest of eternity. Knowing that he's participating in something that's natural for human beings makes the idea of mutation and translation somewhat comforting to Marcus.