Fate is either (1) an energy, a law, an act, 293; or (2) a substance,
the soul of the world, 294. Though comprehending infinite, it is
itself finite, for law is in its nature finite, 294, 295. Every
thing moves in a circle; all beings and all actions that now exist
will come around again: we shall again do what we are now doing, and
in the same manner, 295. Fate, the Divine Law, the Law of Nature,
determines all things, 296. It determines both conditionally and
universally, 297. What relation has Fate to Divine Providence?
what to fortune? what to human ability? what to contingent events?
298. As the civil law comprehends and relates to many things which
are not lawful, so it is with Fate, 298. The words _possible_ and
_contingent_ defined; also _power_, _necessity_, &c., 299, 300. Of
causes: some are causes _per se_, others are causes by accident, 301.
Fortune is a cause by accident, 302. Fortune is not the same thing
as Chance, though Chance comprehends Fortune, 303. Fortune relates
to men only; Chance includes things animate and inanimate, 303. Of
Divine Providence: (1) the will of the Supreme Deity; (2) the will
of the subordinate deities; (3) the will of the Daemons, 304. Of the
Providence of the Supreme God, 305. Of the Providence of the inferior
gods, 306. Of the Providence of the Daemons, 307, 308.