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detriment_n to_o the_o commonwealth_n such_o as_o those_o object_v to_o socrates_n in_o that_o article_n of_o his_o indictment_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d socrates_n do_v contrary_a to_o right_n and_o equity_n in_o that_o he_o curious_o inquire_v into_o thing_n both_o subterranean_a and_o sublime_a and_o by_o his_o sophistry_n turn_v falsehood_n into_o truth_n and_o teach_v the_o same_o to_o other_o for_o grant_v he_o to_o be_v guilty_a hereof_o the_o fault_n be_v but_o light_n and_o venial_a in_o his_o enim_fw-la neque_fw-la sitae_fw-la erant_fw-la opes_fw-la greciae_fw-la neque_fw-la ex_fw-la iis_fw-la detrimenti_fw-la quicquam_fw-la respublica_fw-la capere_fw-la potuit_fw-la wherefore_o he_o have_v right_o to_o the_o favour_n and_o indulgence_n of_o this_o law_n which_o his_o malicious_a adversary_n have_v by_o omit_v the_o private_a admonition_n thereby_o require_v violate_v iii_o by_o the_o religion_n of_o the_o athenian_n no_o deity_n be_v hold_v more_o potent_a and_o 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condemn_v however_o notorious_a a_o malefactor_n so_o much_o be_v give_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o apollo_n delius_n who_o not_o only_o the_o grecian_n but_o even_o foreiner_n from_o the_o remote_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n while_o in_o greece_n be_v oblige_v to_o worship_n with_o oblation_n of_o their_o first_o fruit_n as_o appear_v from_o the_o history_n of_o abaris_n a_o scythian_a who_o be_v say_v to_o have_v live_v in_o greece_n about_o the_o 52_o olympiad_n and_o write_v de_fw-fr oraculis_fw-la and_o from_o the_o example_n of_o the_o tyrian_n allege_v by_o euripides_n in_o phoenissis_n who_o verse_n in_o the_o chorus_n be_v worthy_a the_o serious_a remark_n of_o antiquary_n as_o give_v much_o of_o light_n to_o what_o have_v be_v obscure_o deliver_v by_o geographer_n and_o historian_n concern_v the_o colony_n of_o the_o tyrian_n in_o africa_n and_o the_o neighbour_a island_n x._o from_o the_o same_o religious_a respect_n to_o apollo_n it_o seem_v deducible_a that_o within_o the_o attic_a territory_n no_o condemn_a person_n suffer_v death_n until_o after_o the_o sun_n be_v go_v down_o the_o law_n itself_o i_o confess_v i_o have_v not_o yet_o find_v among_o all_o those_o with_o such_o vast_a labour_n collect_v by_o mounseur_fw-fr petit_fw-fr but_o that_o they_o have_v such_o a_o law_n may_v be_v infer_v from_o the_o example_n of_o socrates_n and_o from_o what_o we_o read_v in_o stobaeus_n sermone_fw-la 1._o who_o say_v express_o enough_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mythological_a reflection_n upon_o some_o ancient_a rite_n and_o tradition_n concern_v the_o soul_n mention_v by_o plato_n in_o the_o precedent_a dialogue_n 1._o of_o lustration_n among_o the_o ancient_a grecian_n who_o travel_v into_o egypt_n on_o purpose_n to_o pry_v into_o and_o learn_v the_o sacred_a rite_n and_o mysterious_a ceremony_n use_v by_o the_o priest_n of_o that_o superstitious_a nation_n orpheus_n be_v celebrate_v as_o the_o first_o by_o diodorus_n siculus_n who_o lib._n 4._o pag._n 162._o say_v thus_o of_o he_o orpheus_n in_o aegyptum_fw-la profectus_fw-la multa_fw-la ibi_fw-la didicit_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la tam_fw-la initiationibus_fw-la &_o theologia_n quam_fw-la poesi_fw-la &_o melodia_n esset_fw-la graecorum_n praestantissimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n now_o
3000_o annos_fw-la &c_n &c_n upon_o which_o he_o elsewhere_o reflect_v have_v this_o pertinent_a remark_n hinc_fw-la tantum_fw-la condiendi_fw-la cadaveris_fw-la studium_fw-la tantae_fw-la in_o struendis_fw-la repositorijs_fw-la impensae_fw-la this_o doctrine_n be_v bring_v from_o the_o egyptian_a school_n by_o orpheus_n and_o from_o he_o descend_v to_o homer_n he_o thence_o teach_v that_o eternal_a soul_n be_v from_o heaven_n convey_v into_o human_a body_n and_o that_o after_o death_n they_o return_v to_o the_o god_n for_o a_o symbol_n of_o this_o region_n of_o corruption_n feign_v his_o antrum_n nympharum_fw-la wherein_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n janua_n duplex_fw-la haec_fw-la boream_fw-la spectans_fw-la homines_fw-la demittit_fw-la 109_o odyss_n 13._o v._n 109_o at_o illa_fw-la respiciens_fw-la austrum_fw-la divinior_n invia_fw-la prorsus_fw-la est_fw-la homini_fw-la praebetque_fw-la viam_fw-la immortalibus_fw-la unis_fw-la of_o which_o poetical_a fiction_n porphyrius_n give_v the_o mythology_n write_v a_o excellent_a book_n publish_v by_o holstenius_fw-la de_fw-la antro_fw-la homerico_n wherein_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o cave_n itself_o carry_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o image_n and_o symbol_n of_o the_o world_n that_o the_o naiad_n or_o nymph_n be_v soul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d enter_v into_o body_n new_o generate_v that_o one_o gate_n be_v for_o the_o admittance_n of_o soul_n descend_v into_o body_n the_o other_o for_o not_o god_n but_o soul_n ascend_v from_o body_n to_o the_o god_n again_o wherefore_o he_o call_v it_o the_o road_n or_o way_n not_o of_o the_o god_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o soul_n which_o be_v by_o their_o very_a essence_n immortal_a from_o this_o common_o embrace_v existence_n of_o soul_n depart_v arise_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o image-making_a of_o the_o ancient_a ethnic_n whereby_o they_o attribute_v to_o soul_n separate_v from_o their_o body_n effigy_n quasi_fw-la 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 aegyptiorum_n ritus_fw-la imitatum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la add_v that_o from_o the_o old_a institute_n of_o the_o egyptian_n mercury_n be_v make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o conductor_n of_o soul_n ad_fw-la inferos_fw-la wherein_o homer_n long_o after_o carry_v on_o the_o tradition_n of_o orpheus_n promote_v the_o credit_n of_o the_o fiction_n by_o insert_v it_o into_o his_o immortal_a poem_n in_o initio_fw-la odyss_n ῶ._fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o soul_n of_o hero_n mercury_n the_o god_n call_v forth_o and_o guide_v to_o elysium_n with_o his_o rod._n but_o leave_v the_o most_o ancient_a grecian_a poet_n who_o yet_o be_v then_o the_o only_a theologue_n let_v we_o pursue_v this_o tradition_n of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n among_o their_o most_o eminent_a philosopher_n as_o man_n less_o prone_a to_o credulity_n and_o therefore_o more_o worthy_a of_o credit_n of_o these_o the_o elder_a we_o can_v find_v be_v thales_n 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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