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But as it is a substance, it seems to be the universal
soul of the world, and admits of a threefold distribution;
the first destiny being that which errs not; the second,
that which is thought to err; and the third that which,
being under the heaven, is conversant about the earth.
Of these, the highest is called Clotho, the next Atropos,
and the lowest, Lachesis; who, receiving the celestial influences and efficacies of her sisters, transmits and fastens
them to the terrestrial things which are under her government. Thus have we declared briefly what is to be said
of Fate, taken as a substance; what it is, what are its parts,
after what manner it is, how it is ordained, and how it
stands, both in respect to itself and to us. But as to the
particularities of these things, there is another fable in his
Commonweal, by which they are in some measure covertly
insinuated, and we ourselves have, in the best manner we
can, endeavored to explain them to you.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Morals. Translated from the Greek by several hands. Corrected and revised by. William W. Goodwin, PH. D. Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. Cambridge. Press Of John Wilson and son. 1874. 5.
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