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the_o soul_n though_o it_o be_v a_o notion_n dictate_v by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n and_o reason_n and_o sometime_o positive_o and_o plain_o assert_v by_o some_o of_o the_o philosopher_n yet_o it_o be_v dispute_v and_o doubt_v of_o among_o they_o at_o other_o time_n by_o reason_n of_o false_a principle_n which_o they_o have_v wilful_o take_v up_o and_o thereby_o cloud_v their_o reason_n and_o the_o natural_a dictate_v of_o their_o mind_n as_o also_o because_o of_o interest_n and_o sensual_a pleasure_n which_o stifle_v the_o rational_a act_n of_o their_o soul_n upon_o these_o account_n a_o future_a state_n be_v hardly_o believe_v by_o some_o of_o the_o philosopher_n and_o whole_o oppose_v by_o other_o the_o epicurean_o as_o you_o have_v hear_v flat_o deny_v it_o and_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n see_v their_o language_n be_v after_o this_o rate_n epicuro_n rate_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d laâ—rt_n in_o epicuro_n we_o can_v have_v no_o notion_n of_o a_o incorporeal_a thing_n unless_o it_o be_v a_o vacuum_n ibid._n vacuum_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n they_o therefore_o that_o say_v the_o soul_n be_v incorporeal_a talk_v vain_o and_o idle_o 4._o idle_o de_fw-fr placit_fw-la philosoph_n l._n 4._o plutarch_n atte_v that_o democritus_n hold_v the_o soul_n to_o be_v corruptible_a and_o that_o it_o perish_v together_o with_o the_o body_n it_o be_v true_a the_o pythagorâ—ans_n and_o platonist_n assert_v that_o the_o soul_n go_v on_o pilgrimage_n and_o flit_v from_o one_o man_n to_o another_o yea_o they_o hold_v that_o man_n soul_n pass_v into_o brute_n as_o well_o as_o into_o other_o man_n and_o he_o that_o be_v a_o man_n a_o while_n ago_o be_v now_o a_o ass_n a_o wolf_n a_o dog_n or_o some_o other_o animal_n but_o this_o be_v vain_a philosophy_n indeed_o and_o all_o that_o we_o can_v build_v upon_o it_o if_o it_o be_v true_a be_v this_o that_o the_o same_o man_n be_v often_o beget_v and_o as_o often_o bear_v and_o die_v indeed_o plato_n animo_fw-la plato_n in_o phaedone_n seu_fw-la de_fw-la animo_fw-la bring_v in_o socrates_n before_o his_o death_n treat_v of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n he_o make_v he_o speak_v some_o thing_n that_o be_v admirable_a excellent_a and_o divine_a but_o other_o thing_n be_v poor_a mean_a and_o frigid_a he_o present_v he_o as_o dubious_a and_o uncertain_a waver_a and_o inconsistent_a with_o himself_o that_o socrates_n doubt_v of_o a_o future_a state_n and_o the_o soul_n immortality_n may_v be_v gather_v from_o that_o passage_n of_o he_o which_o plato_n insert_v socratis_n insert_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plat._n apologia_fw-la socratis_n if_o these_o thing_n we_o speak_v of_o be_v true_a again_o socrates_n say_v ibid._n say_v ibid._n one_o of_o these_o two_o be_v absolute_o necessary_a either_o death_n utter_o deprive_v we_o of_o all_o sense_n or_o we_o pass_v from_o hence_o to_o another_o place_n it_o seem_v he_o look_v upon_o death_n either_o as_o a_o sound_a sleep_n or_o a_o long_a journey_n but_o he_o can_v not_o certain_o tell_v which_o plutarch_n apollon_n plutarch_n de_fw-fr consolation_n ad_fw-la apollon_n have_v this_o very_a notion_n of_o it_o and_o on_o that_o account_n conclude_v that_o death_n be_v not_o evil._n after_o this_o waver_a manner_n speak_v the_o great_a roman_a philosopher_n 1._o philosopher_n si_fw-mi supremus_fw-la ille_fw-la dies_fw-la non_fw-la extinctiâ—nem_fw-la sed_fw-la commutationem_fw-la aâ—â—ert_fw-la loci_fw-la quid_fw-la optabilius_fw-la si_fw-mi autem_fw-la perimit_fw-la ac_fw-la delet_fw-la omnino_fw-la quid_fw-la melius_fw-la quà m_fw-la in_o mediis_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la laboribus_fw-la obdormiscere_fw-la &_o iâ—a_fw-la conniventem_fw-la somno_fw-la consopiri_fw-la sempiterno_fw-la cic._n tusc._n qu._n l._n 1._o if_o the_o day_n of_o death_n be_v accompany_v with_o the_o change_n of_o place_n only_o and_o not_o a_o utter_a extinction_n what_o can_v be_v more_o desirable_a than_o death_n or_o if_o it_o make_v a_o end_n of_o we_o and_o quite_o annihilate_v we_o what_o be_v better_o than_o when_o we_o be_v weary_v with_o the_o labour_n of_o this_o life_n to_o fall_v asleep_a and_o never_o to_o wake_v again_o in_o like_a manner_n seneca_n 24._o seneca_n mors_fw-la nos_fw-la aut_fw-la consumit_fw-la aut_fw-la emittit_fw-la emissis_fw-la meliora_fw-la restant_n onere_fw-la detracto_fw-la consumptis_fw-la nihil_fw-la restat_fw-la epist._n 24._o death_n do_v either_o consume_v or_o send_v we_o out_o of_o this_o world_n into_o another_o if_o the_o latter_a be_v true_a there_o be_v better_a thing_n remain_v for_o we_o when_o we_o be_v send_v out_o hence_o and_o have_v lay_v aside_o our_o terrestrial_a clog_n and_o burden_n but_o if_o the_o former_a be_v true_a then_o there_o be_v nothing_o remain_v for_o we_o be_v utter_o consume_v and_o consequent_o not_o hurt_v can_v befall_v we_o that_o be_v our_o comfort_n again_o he_o thus_o faint_o and_o ambiguous_o talk_v 63._o talk_v fortasse_fw-la si_fw-la modò_fw-la sapientum_fw-la vera_fw-la fama_fw-la est_fw-la recipitque_fw-la nos_fw-la locus_fw-la aliquis_fw-la epist._n 63._o perhaps_o if_o the_o report_n of_o wise_a man_n be_v true_a and_o if_o there_o be_v any_o such_o thing_n as_o a_o place_n hereafter_o to_o receive_v we_o etc._n etc._n thus_o antonine_n the_o royal_a philosopher_n can_v tell_v whether_o death_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o extinction_n or_o a_o translation_n whether_o it_o be_v a_o annihilation_n or_o a_o change_n of_o our_o condition_n and_o many_o 6._o many_o siquis_fw-la modò_fw-la extinctis_fw-la sensus_fw-la inest_fw-la val._n max._n l._n 4._o c._n 6._o other_o have_v thus_o express_v their_o doubtfulness_n about_o another_o life_n but_o most_o remarkable_a be_v that_o passage_n of_o xenophon_n in_o the_o life_n of_o cyrus_n who_o that_o wise_a historian_n represent_v as_o a_o great_a hero_n and_o singular_a pattern_n of_o virtue_n we_o must_v expect_v therefore_o that_o he_o will_v 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