dition,
not
knowing
how
rightly
to
describe
it,
say
that
they
have
no
action.
But
they
are
mistaken
;
they
were
never
more
active.
It
would
be
better
to
say
they
do
not
distinguish
any
action,
than
that
they
do
not
commit
any.
The
soul
does
not
act
of
itself,
I
admit
;
but
it
is
drawn,
and
it
follows
the
attracting
power.
Love
is
the
weight
which
sinks
it,
as
a
person
who
falls
in
the
sea
sinks,
and
would
sink
to
in-finity
if
the
sea
were
infinite
;
and
without
perceiv-ing
its
sinking,
it
would
sink
to
the
most
profound
depths
with
an
incredible
speed.
It
is,
then,
in-correct
to
say
that
no
actions
are
committed.
All
commit
actions,
but
all
do
not
commit
them
in
the
same
manner
;
and
the
abuse
arises
from
the
fact,
that
those
who
know
that
action
is
inevitable
wish
it
to
be
distinct
and
sensible.
But
sensible
action
is
for
beginners,
and
the
other
for
those
more
advanced.
To
stop
with
the
first
would
be
to
deprive
ourselves
of
the
last;
and
to
wish
to
commit
the
last
before
having
passed
the
first
would
be
an
equal
abuse.
Everything
must
be
done
in
its
season
;
each
