Moral Letters to Lucilius Section 13

Stoici volunt superponere huic etiamnunc aliud genus magis principale; de quo statim dicam, si prius illud genus, de quo locutus sum, merito primum poni docuero, cum sit rerum omnium capax.

comme contenu dans un autre, il est espèce. Le genre générique, ce qui est, n’a rien qui le domine : principe des choses, il les domine toutes.

Les stoïciens veulent encore mettre au-dessus un autre genre supérieur dont je vais parler, quand j’aurai montré que celui qui vient de m’occuper obtient à bon droit la première place comme embrassant toutes choses.

The Stoics would set ahead of this still another genus, even more primary; concerning which I shall immediately speak, after proving that the genus which has been discussed above, has rightly been placed first, being, as it is, capable of including everything.