Book 12, section 14
Fatal necessity, and insescapable order. Or benevolent Providence. Or confusion —random and undirected.
If it's an inescapable necessity, why resist it?
If it's Providence and admits of being worshipped, the try to be worthy of God's aid.
If it's confusion and anarchy, then be grateful that on this raging sea you have a mind to guide you. And if the storm should carry you away, let it carry off breath and flesh and all the rest, but not the mind, which can't be swept away.