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only_o more_o honourable_a than_o other_o in_o this_o life_n but_o more_o happy_a after_o death_n for_o their_o wise_a man_n teach_v and_o the_o vulgar_a therefore_o believe_v that_o by_o virtue_n of_o such_o lustration_n the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v render_v more_o defecate_a and_o pure_a from_o the_o contagion_n of_o the_o body_n refine_v as_o it_o be_v from_o the_o dross_n of_o sensual_a affection_n and_o make_v more_o fit_a and_o expedite_v for_o contemplation_n of_o divine_a thing_n whence_o sophocles_n the_o tragedian_n write_v of_o mystery_n be_v say_v by_o plutarch_n de_fw-la audiendis_fw-la poetis_fw-la to_o have_v compose_v these_o verse_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d felice_n nimis_fw-la initia_fw-la quotquot_fw-la ista_fw-la cum_fw-la conspexerint_fw-la eunt_fw-la ad_fw-la orcum_fw-la namque_fw-la eos_fw-la solos_fw-la manet_fw-la ibi_fw-la vita_fw-la reliquos_fw-la miserias_fw-la 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vain_a certain_o and_o absurd_a have_v be_v all_o their_o care_n and_o solicitude_n about_o the_o purification_n of_o it_o from_o the_o pollution_n of_o sin_n and_o from_o the_o dregs_n of_o sensual_a inclination_n before_o death_n the_o same_o may_v be_v by_o like_o genuine_a consequence_n infer_v from_o their_o most_o magnificent_a sepulcher_n their_o exquisite_a embalming_n of_o the_o dead_a and_o their_o amenthes_n or_o subterraneous_a place_n into_o which_o they_o hold_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o defunct_a to_o be_v receive_v but_o what_o need_v we_o range_v into_o their_o mythology_n in_o search_n after_o evidence_n of_o their_o be_v strong_o possess_v with_o this_o opinion_n when_o we_o have_v proof_n from_o authority_n unquestionable_a that_o their_o priest_n and_o other_o learned_a man_n express_o teach_v it_o hear_v then_o herodotus_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 123._o say_v aegyptij_fw-la primi_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la animam_fw-la hominis_fw-la immortalem_fw-la esse_fw-la 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corporeas_fw-la whereunto_o virgil_n seem_v learned_o to_o allude_v where_o he_o make_v dido_n as_o she_o be_v die_v say_v et_fw-la nunc_fw-la magna_fw-la mei_fw-la sub_fw-la terras_fw-la ibit_fw-la imago_fw-la and_o lucretius_n lib._n 1._o in_o these_o verse_n esse_fw-la acherusia_n templa_fw-la quo_fw-la neque_fw-la permanent_a animae_fw-la neque_fw-la corpora_fw-la nostra_fw-la sed_fw-la quaedam_fw-la simulacra_fw-la modis_fw-la pallentia_fw-la miris_fw-la from_o the_o same_o fountain_n and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n also_o be_v derive_v into_o grece_n the_o comment_n concern_v the_o mansion_n of_o soul_n deliver_v from_o their_o body_n and_o the_o reward_n and_o punishment_n to_o come_v for_o diodorus_n siculus_n lib._n 1._o pag._n 61._o have_v leave_v this_o record_n thereof_o dicunt_fw-la orpheum_n dum_fw-la impiorum_fw-la palmas_fw-la apud_fw-la inferos_fw-la &_o piorum_fw-la prata_fw-la &_o pervulgatas_fw-la spectrorum_fw-la fictiones_fw-la introduxit_fw-la funebres_fw-la 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milesius_n who_o as_o plutarch_n de_fw-fr placitis_fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 2._o atte_v first_o define_v the_o soul_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o nature_n perpetual_o move_v and_o selfmoving_a which_o argument_n cicero_n indeed_o afterward_o borrow_v from_o plato_n phaedrus_n most_o judicious_o explain_v in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o his_o tusculan_a question_n but_o father_n the_o opinion_n itself_o upon_o pherecydes_n syrius_n in_o these_o word_n credo_fw-la equidem_fw-la etiam_fw-la alios_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la literis_fw-la exstet_fw-la pherecydes_n syrus_n syrius_n rather_o from_o syros_n a_o island_n of_o the_o aegean_a sea_n the_o place_n of_o his_o birth_n primum_fw-la dixit_fw-la animos_fw-la hominum_fw-la esse_fw-la sempiternos_fw-la hanc_fw-la opinionem_fw-la discipuln_n ejus_fw-la pythagoras_n maxim_n confirmavit_fw-la but_o by_o cicero_n favour_n pythagoras_n who_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v young_a than_o homer_n by_o almost_o 400_o year_n for_o he_o 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antro_fw-la pag._n 257._o make_v the_o author_n of_o that_o memorable_a sentence_n concern_v our_o soul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o this_o our_o life_n be_v the_o soul_n death_n and_o our_o death_n the_o soul_n life_n that_o the_o soul_n descend_v from_o heaven_n to_o animate_v the_o body_n suffer_v exile_n in_o this_o low_a and_o darksome_a region_n and_o remain_v as_o it_o be_v dead_a during_o its_o imprisonment_n in_o flesh_n then_o empedocles_n agrigentinus_fw-la a_o pythagorean_n who_o as_o plutarch_n de_fw-fr exilio_fw-la commemorates_n speak_v likewise_o of_o the_o descent_n of_o his_o soul_n as_o a_o banishment_n from_o its_o celestial_a home_n ego_fw-la jamdudum_fw-la say_v he_o eo_fw-la exul_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la &_o vagus_fw-la and_o of_o the_o eternal_a society_n of_o the_o just_a that_o they_o shall_v be_v after_o death_n immortalium_fw-la aliorum_fw-la contubernales_fw-la &_o convivae_fw-la expertes_fw-la humanarum_fw-la miseriarum_fw-la incorruptibiles_fw-la 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