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revelaverit_fw-la quam_fw-la per_fw-la hominem_fw-la scire_fw-la quia_fw-la ipse_fw-la praesumpserit_fw-la pag._n mihi_fw-la 342._o your_o master_n have_v not_o yet_o satisfy_v the_o learned_a world_n in_o any_o account_n they_o have_v give_v of_o sensitive_a perception_n and_o appetite_n by_o reduce_v they_o to_o the_o law_n of_o matter_n and_o motion_n you_o must_v lay_v your_o foundation_n better_a before_o you_o build_v so_o much_o upon_o it_o but_o cicero_n and_o laertius_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o epicurean_o abandon_v logic_n and_o so_o do_v their_o abettor_n if_o suppose_v will_v serve_v instead_o of_o prove_v there_o will_v be_v no_o great_a difference_n between_o a_o idiot_n and_o a_o philosopher_n obj._n 2._o but_o think_v argue_v etc._n etc._n which_o you_o ascribe_v to_o the_o soul_n belong_v to_o the_o whole_a compositum_fw-la or_o contexture_n of_o soul_n and_o body_n which_o be_v the_o efficient_a proper_a cause_n of_o they_o pag._n 2_o 4._o answ_n according_a to_o 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