All things are in flux; the flux is subject to a unifying measure or rational principle. This principle (logos, the hidden harmony behind all change) bound opposites together in a unified tension, which is like that of a lyre, where a stable harmonious sound emerges from the tension of the opposing forces that arise from the bow bound together by the string.
It ever was, and is, and shall be, ever-living fire, in measures being kindled and in measures going out.
Without injustices,
the name of justice
would mean what?
To get everything you want is not a good thing. Disease makes health seem sweet. Hunger leads to the appreciation of being full-fed. Tiredness creates the enjoyment of resting.
All things come into being by conflict of opposites.
The poet was a fool
who wanted no conflict
among us, gods
or people.
Harmony needs
low and high,
as progeny needs
man and woman.
Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.
If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it; for it is hard to be sought out and difficult.
Stupidity is doomed,
therefore, to cringe
at every syllable
of wisdom.
Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.
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