of_o homer_n in_o his_o mouth_n who_o hollow_a noise_n proclaim_v i_o know_v not_o what_o about_o fell_a acheron_n gloomy_a cave_n crag_v impend_v rock_n and_o pitchy_a darkness_n yet_o he_o be_v far_o from_o set_v aside_o that_o great_a restraint_n of_o secret_a dishonesty_n the_o apprehension_n of_o be_v in_o a_o worse_a state_n for_o it_o hereafter_o of_o this_o we_o have_v a_o manifest_a testimony_n in_o what_o follow_v our_o excellent_a author_n have_v run_v over_o several_a philosophical_a argument_n for_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n seek_v to_o credit_v his_o discourse_n by_o a_o very_a remarkable_a account_n of_o the_o word_n and_o action_n of_o die_a socrates_n his_o &_o talibus_fw-la adductus_fw-la socrates_n nec_fw-la patronum_fw-la quaesivit_fw-la ad_fw-la judicium_fw-la capitis_fw-la nec_fw-la judicibus_fw-la supplex_fw-la fuit_fw-la adhibuitque_fw-la liberam_fw-la contumaciam_fw-la a_o magnitudine_fw-la animi_fw-la duetam_fw-la non_fw-la a_o superbia_fw-la &_o 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mari_fw-fr immenso_fw-la nostra_fw-la vehitur_fw-la oratio_fw-la therefore_o he_o socrates_n remark_n that_o as_o swan_n not_o without_o reason_n sacred_a to_o apollo_n from_o who_o they_o have_v the_o gift_n of_o divination_n foresee_v the_o good_a there_o be_v in_o death_n die_v with_o joy_n and_o singing_n so_o shall_v the_o virtuous_a and_o the_o wise_a man_n of_o good_a sense_n and_o learning_n do_v of_o this_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n to_o be_v make_v unless_o that_o shall_v befall_v we_o thoughtful_o consider_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o soul_n which_o common_o happen_v to_o they_o who_o gaze_v on_o the_o sun_n in_o eclipse_n till_o they_o can_v see_v no_o long_o for_o so_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o mind_n turn_v upon_o itself_o and_o intent_o examine_v its_o own_o nature_n grow_v dim_a by_o which_o mean_n we_o lose_v all_o the_o expect_a fruit_n of_o our_o diligent_a contemplation_n so_o while_o i_o myself_o doubt_v and_o look_v round_o the_o thing_n in_o question_n while_o i_o demur_v and_o consider_v once_o and_o again_o what_o may_v be_v say_v pro_fw-la and_o con_v my_o discourse_n be_v like_o a_o float_a vessel_n toss_v to_o and_o fro_o in_o the_o wide_a sea_n i_o must_v confess_v that_o from_o this_o passage_n one_o may_v be_v apt_a to_o imagine_v that_o tully_n even_o in_o the_o most_o serious_a matter_n be_v a_o little_a addict_v to_o the_o academic_a wanton_a rhetorical_a way_n of_o talk_v all_o that_o come_v into_o his_o thought_n what_o side_n soever_o of_o the_o question_n be_v serve_v or_o prejudice_v by_o it_o he_o have_v give_v occasion_n to_o be_v suspect_v of_o this_o vanity_n once_o before_o n._n 49._o praeclarum_fw-la autem_fw-la nescio_fw-la quid_fw-la adepti_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la didicerunt_fw-la se_fw-la cum_fw-la tempus_fw-la mortis_fw-la venisset_fw-la totos_fw-la esse_fw-la perituros_fw-la quod_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la sit_fw-la nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la pugno_fw-la quid_fw-la habet_fw-la ista_fw-la res_fw-la aut_fw-la laetabile_fw-la aut_fw-la gloriosum_fw-la they_o have_v discover_v a_o worthy_a secret_n indeed_o who_o have_v learn_v that_o when_o they_o die_v they_o must_v whole_o perish_v and_o be_v no_o more_o which_o to_o suppose_v it_o true_a for_o i_o dispute_v not_o against_o it_o what_o have_v they_o rejoice_v at_o and_o be_v proud_a of_o but_o now_o i_o answer_v 1_o st_z that_o perhaps_o there_o be_v more_o of_o a_o rhetorical_a apophasis_fw-la than_o academic_a scepticism_n in_o both_o these_o passage_n tully_n delight_v much_o
into_o the_o mouth_n of_o a_o three_o person_n against_o who_o he_o dispute_v now_o i_o must_v observe_v to_o my_o acquaintance_n that_o these_o two_o passage_n which_o he_o have_v quote_v as_o testimony_n that_o tully_n disbelieved_a the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o consequent_o a_o future_a state_n be_v not_o speak_v by_o tully_n as_o from_o himself_o but_o be_v the_o word_n which_o he_o put_v into_o the_o mouth_n of_o a_o three_o person_n against_o who_o he_o dispute_v which_o i_o prove_v thus_o tully_n make_v his_o way_n to_o the_o first_o of_o his_o tusculan_a question_n concern_v the_o contempt_n of_o death_n by_o give_v a_o account_n how_o he_o come_v to_o exercise_v himself_o in_o weighty_a philosophical_a question_n then_o he_o tell_v his_o friend_n brutus_n to_o who_o he_o write_v that_o this_o be_v the_o method_n which_o he_o take_v ponere_fw-la jubebam_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la quis_fw-la audire_fw-la vellet_fw-la &_o id_fw-la aut_fw-la sedens_fw-la aut_fw-la ambulans_fw-la disputabam_fw-la itaque_fw-la dierum_fw-la quinque_fw-la scholas_fw-la ut_fw-la graeci_fw-la appellant_n in_o totidem_fw-la libros_fw-la contuli_fw-la fiebat_fw-la autem_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la cùm_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la audire_fw-la vellet_fw-la dixisset_fw-la quid_fw-la sibi_fw-la videretur_fw-la tum_fw-la ego_fw-la contradicerem_fw-la i_o bid_v he_o i._n e._n the_o person_n with_o who_o he_o confer_v to_o set_v down_o that_o point_n or_o question_n concern_v which_o he_o will_v glad_o hear_v and_o then_o sit_v or_o as_o i_o walk_v i_o discuss_v the_o same_o so_o the_o schola_n as_o the_o greek_n call_v they_o the_o conference_n of_o five_o day_n i_o dispose_v into_o five_o book_n and_o thus_o be_v the_o conference_n manage_v when_o he_o that_o desire_v to_o hear_v the_o question_n discuss_v have_v say_v what_o he_o think_v good_a than_o i_o on_o the_o other_o side_n speak_v my_o mind_n from_o these_o word_n in_o the_o preface_n to_o the_o first_o dialogue_n it_o be_v beyond_o controversy_n plain_a that_o the_o word_n speak_v by_o atticus_n or_o the_o hearer_n as_o be_v those_o object_v against_o i_o represent_v not_o the_o mind_n of_o tully_n but_o what_o marcus_n the_o other_o fictitious_a name_n in_o the_o dialogue_n reply_v that_o and_o that_o only_o can_v fair_o be_v charge_v on_o he_o which_o be_v very_o material_a i_o crave_v leave_n to_o set_v before_o the_o reader_n some_o remarkable_a portion_n of_o it_o n._n 27._o vnum_fw-la illud_fw-la erat_fw-la insitum_fw-la priscis_fw-la illis_fw-la quos_fw-la cascos_fw-la appellat_fw-la ennius_n esse_fw-la in_o morte_fw-la sensum_fw-la neque_fw-la excessu_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la sic_fw-la deleri_fw-la hominem_fw-la ut_fw-la funditus_fw-la interiret_fw-la idque_fw-la cùm_fw-la multis_fw-la aliis_fw-la rebus_fw-la tum_fw-la è_fw-la pontificio_fw-la jure_fw-la &_o ceremoniis_fw-la sepulchrorum_fw-la intelligi_fw-la licet_fw-la quas_fw-la maximis_fw-la ingeniis_fw-la praediti_fw-la nec_fw-la tanta_fw-la cura_fw-la coluissent_fw-la nec_fw-la violatas_fw-la tam_fw-la inexpiabili_fw-la religione_fw-la sanxissent_fw-la nisi_fw-la haesisset_fw-la in_o eorum_fw-la mentibus_fw-la mortem_fw-la non_fw-la interitum_fw-la esse_fw-la omne_fw-la tollentem_fw-la atque_fw-la delentem_fw-la sed_fw-la quandam_fw-la quasi_fw-la migrationem_fw-la commutationémque_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o claris_fw-la viris_fw-la &_o foeminis_fw-la dux_n in_o coelum_fw-la soleret_fw-la esse_fw-la in_fw-la caeteris_fw-la humi_fw-la retineretur_fw-la &_o permaneret_fw-la tamen_fw-la it_o be_v with_o those_o ancient_n who_o ennius_n call_v casci_n as_o a_o natural_a sentiment_n that_o death_n do_v not_o bereave_v a_o man_n of_o all_o sense_n nor_o make_v a_o utter_a end_n of_o he_o which_o among_o other_o thing_n appear_v from_o pontifical_a law_n and_o from_o sepulchral_v rite_n which_o man_n of_o the_o best_a sense_n have_v never_o so_o careful_o observe_v nor_o enforce_v with_o so_o fatal_a penalty_n but_o that_o it_o be_v a_o settle_a principle_n with_o they_o that_o death_n be_v not_o the_o end_n of_o all_o thing_n but_o a_o certain_a removal_n as_o it_o be_v and_o change_v of_o one_o life_n for_o another_o by_o mean_n of_o which_o famous_a man_n and_o woman_n be_v translate_v into_o heaven_n other_o leave_v below_o but_o still_o leave_v in_o existence_n n._n 30._o firmissimum_fw-la hoc_fw-la afferri_fw-la videtur_fw-la cur_n deos_fw-la esse_fw-la credamus_fw-la quòd_fw-la nulla_fw-la gens_fw-la tam_fw-la fera_fw-fr nemo_fw-la omnium_fw-la tam_fw-la sit_fw-la immanis_fw-la cujus_fw-la mentem_fw-la non_fw-la imbuerit_fw-la deorum_fw-la opinio_fw-la multi_fw-la de_fw-la diis_fw-la prava_fw-la sentiunt_fw-la omnes_fw-la tamen_fw-la esse_fw-la vim_o &_o naturam_fw-la divinam_fw-la arbitrantur_fw-la nec_fw-la vero_fw-la id_fw-la collocutio_fw-la hominum_fw-la auc_v consensus_fw-la efficit_fw-la non_fw-la institutis_fw-la opinio_fw-la est_fw-la confirmata_fw-la non_fw-la legibus_fw-la omni_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o re_fw-la consensio_fw-la omnium_fw-la gentium_fw-la lex_fw-la naturae_fw-la putanda_fw-la est_fw-la this_o seem_v a_o strong_a argument_n why_o we_o shall_v believe_v the_o be_v of_o god_n because_o there_o be_v no_o nation_n so_o wild_a no_o man_n so_o savage_a who_o mind_n be_v not_o endue_v with_o a_o opinion_n of_o go_n many_o man_n have_v a_o unworthy_a opinion_n of_o god_n but_o all_o judge_n that_o there_o be_v a_o nature_n and_o power_n divine_a and_o this_o be_v not_o the_o effect_n of_o conference_n and_o friendly_a agreement_n it_o be_v not_o owe_v to_o custom_n or_o law_n but_o that_o thing_n whatever_o it_o be_v which_o have_v the_o consent_n of_o all_o nation_n be_v to_o be_v deem_v a_o law_n of_o nature_n n._n 31._o maximum_fw-la vero_fw-la argumentum_fw-la est_fw-la naturam_fw-la ipsam_fw-la de_fw-la immortalitate_fw-la animorum_fw-la tacitam_fw-la judicare_fw-la quod_fw-la omnibus_fw-la curae_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o maximè_fw-la quidem_fw-la quae_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la futura_fw-la sunt_fw-la but_o it_o be_v a_o very_a great_a argument_n that_o nature_n itself_o give_v a_o silent_a verdict_n for_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n because_o all_o man_n be_v concern_v most_o high_o concern_v about_o what_o shall_v be_v hereafter_o n._n 33._o nemo_fw-la unquam_fw-la sine_fw-la magna_fw-la spe_fw-la immortalitatis_fw-la se_fw-la pro_fw-la patria_fw-la offerret_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la licuit_fw-la esse_fw-la otioso_fw-la themistocli_n licuit_fw-la epaminondae_fw-la licuit_fw-la ne_fw-la &_o vetera_fw-la &_o externa_fw-la quaeram_fw-la mihi_fw-la sed_fw-la nescio_fw-la quomodo_fw-la inhaeret_fw-la in_o mentibus_fw-la quasi_fw-la saeculorum_fw-la quoddam_fw-la augurium_fw-la futurorum_fw-la idque_fw-la in_o maximis_fw-la ingeniis_fw-la altissimisque_fw-la animus_fw-la &_o existit_fw-la maximè_fw-la &_o apparet_fw-la facillimè_fw-la quo_fw-la quidem_fw-la dempto_fw-la quis_fw-la tam_fw-la esset_fw-la aman_n qui_fw-la semper_fw-la in_o laboribus_fw-la &_o periculis_fw-la viveret_fw-la none_o ever_o without_o a_o strong_a hope_n of_o immortality_n will_v venture_v his_o life_n to_o save_v his_o country_n themistocles_n may_v have_v live_v at_o ease_n so_o may_v epaminondas_n and_o not_o to_o hunt_v after_o old_a and_o foreign_a example_n so_o may_v i_o myself_o but_o that_o i_o know_v now_o not_o how_o there_o be_v inherent_a in_o our_o mind_n a_o certain_a foreboding_a of_o a_o life_n to_o come_v and_o that_o same_o foreboding_a be_v most_o busy_a and_o do_v most_o plain_o appear_v in_o man_n of_o the_o best_a wit_n and_o most_o discern_a mind_n which_o notion_n be_v set_v aside_o who_o will_v be_v so_o mad_a as_o to_o live_v in_o continual_a labour_n and_o danger_n he_o pursue_v this_o point_n by_o take_v notice_n what_o respect_n several_a order_n of_o man_n poet_n mechanic_n philosopher_n have_v to_o this_o notion_n and_o then_o have_v these_o word_n sed_fw-la ut_fw-la deos_fw-la 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