Cause of balance… balance has no just cause.

Surround in philosophy, trapped in mythology,

Seems he has a vendetta against me.

He is like Calixta, abandoning himself to Dionysian ecstasy.

I hope he returns to an Apollonian routine, tending to his responsibility.

Enlightened individuals have an obligation to the rest of society,

That, I am sure, doesn’t include his persecution of me.

You are young, my son, and, as the years go by,

Time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions.

 Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up

As a judge of the highest matters.

Your only task was to ponder a rhetorical question.

Personal attacks were not necessary

Since you did already,

I will ignore your ill will for

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

Since I have read the work of an unbalanced cause

 I see he needs things to rhyme so I will comply.

Words can hurt like weapons and

Ignorance never settles a question.

So before your mind gains mileage,

To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step toward knowledge.

We all seek what we think is most genuinely in our own interest.

If we act with knowledge, then we will obtain what is good for our soul,

 But if the consequences of our action are not what is good for our soul,

Then we had to have acted in ignorance.