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truth_n in_o his_o lucid_a interval_n he_o confess_v the_o soul_n be_v something_o distinct_a from_o the_o element_n and_o make_v it_o to_o be_v quintam_fw-la quandam_fw-la naturam_fw-la and_o the_o like_a they_o speak_v concern_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o heaven_n which_o yet_o the_o peripatetic_n look_v not_o upon_o as_o corruptible_a in_o his_o book_n the_o generatione_n animal_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n it_o remain_v that_o the_o rational_a or_o intellectual_a soul_n only_o enter_v from_o without_o as_o be_v only_o of_o a_o nature_n pure_o divine_a with_o who_o action_n the_o action_n of_o this_o gross_a body_n have_v no_o communication_n here_o he_o speak_v like_o a_o orthodox_n scholar_n of_o his_o excellent_a master_n plato_n to_o who_o footstep_n the_o close_o he_o keep_v the_o less_o he_o ever_o wander_v from_o the_o truth_n dr._n more_o immort_a soul_n page_n 115._o elsewhere_o he_o say_v that_o the_o mind_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o impassable_a thing_n xenocrates_n be_v full_o of_o the_o same_o mind_n that_o all_o soul_n be_v immortal_a and_o that_o he_o who_o live_v pious_o and_o holy_o on_o earth_n shall_v certain_o be_v bless_v in_o a_o future_a state_n and_o shall_v enjoy_v more_o pure_a pleasure_n than_o he_o be_v capable_a of_o in_o this_o prison_n of_o the_o body_n antisthenes_n from_o who_o be_v derive_v both_o the_o cynic_n and_o stoic_n tell_v the_o athenian_n glory_v that_o they_o spring_v from_o the_o earth_n that_o they_o be_v no_o more_o noble_a than_o snail_n and_o locust_n he_o exhort_v to_o piety_n and_o justice_n as_o the_o way_n to_o immortality_n ejusmodi_fw-la sibi_fw-la viaticum_fw-la dicebat_fw-la comparare_fw-la oportere_fw-la quod_fw-la naufragium_fw-la facienti_fw-la simul_fw-la enatare_fw-la posset_n and_o among_o many_o other_o thing_n he_o write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d concern_v the_o invisible_a state_n laert._n in_o anti_v i_o mention_v not_o the_o gymnosophist_n brahmin_n druid_n etc._n etc._n what_o the_o poet_n both_o greek_a and_o latin_a hold_v in_o this_o matter_n be_v obvious_a even_o to_o schoolboy_n the_o elysian_a field_n the_o infernal_a judge_n the_o torment_n of_o hell_n whereof_o they_o speak_v be_v so_o many_o attestation_n to_o this_o great_a truth_n thus_o you_o see_v how_o general_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n obtain_v among_o the_o ancient_a ethnic_n and_o shall_v any_o one_o who_o profess_v to_o believe_v the_o gospel_n deny_v it_o who_o will_v not_o say_v sit_fw-la anima_fw-la mea_fw-la cum_fw-la philosophis_fw-la i_o mean_v rather_o than_o with_o such_o christian_n as_o these_o object_n some_o of_o the_o philosopher_n who_o you_o mention_v as_o cicero_n seneca_n and_o even_o socrates_n himself_o speak_v sometime_o doubtful_o concern_v the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n answ_n so_o much_o the_o more_o reason_n have_v we_o to_o be_v thankful_a for_o that_o clear_a light_n by_o which_o life_n and_o immortality_n be_v so_o plain_o set_v before_o we_o but_o yet_o you_o must_v remember_v it_o be_v only_o a_o certainty_n which_o these_o philosopher_n profess_v to_o want_n and_o not_o a_o probability_n or_o opinion_n that_o it_o be_v true_a as_o for_o cicero_n he_o say_v he_o dare_v swear_v the_o soul_n be_v divine_a tusc_n lib._n 1.343_o seneca_n often_o assert_v its_o immortality_n and_o so_o do_v socrates_n when_o he_o have_v to_o do_v with_o such_o as_o be_v capable_a of_o receive_v and_o understand_v that_o doctrine_n as_o have_v be_v already_o prove_v and_o beside_o such_o be_v the_o modesty_n of_o that_o philosopher_n that_o he_o be_v not_o wont_a to_o be_v positive_a in_o his_o assertion_n but_o still_o upon_o all_o occasion_n to_o acknowledge_v his_o ignorance_n as_o for_o the_o epicurean_o cicero_n tell_v we_o that_o all_o learned_a man_n contemn_v they_o and_o austin_n say_v quod_fw-la ipsi_fw-la philosophi_fw-la epicurum_n porcum_fw-la 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