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who_o dare_v not_o be_v alone_o in_o the_o night_n of_o other_o who_o dare_v not_o go_v to_o sleep_v without_o a_o candle_n burn_v by_o they_o and_o it_o be_v further_a observable_a how_o desirous_a man_n be_v that_o their_o name_n shall_v be_v have_v in_o remembrance_n when_o they_o be_v dead_a which_o be_v but_o the_o degeneracy_n of_o that_o noble_a inclination_n which_o the_o soul_n have_v to_o immortality_n itself_o thus_o epicurus_n appoint_v in_o his_o last_o will_n that_o his_o birthday_n shall_v be_v celebrate_v every_o year_n laert._n pag._n 271._o please_a himself_o with_o a_o vain_a shadow_n of_o immortality_n while_o he_o despise_v the_o thiag_n itself_o now_o i_o ask_v if_o the_o soul_n be_v nothing_o but_o some_o of_o the_o more_o spirituous_a part_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o must_v die_v perish_v or_o fall_v with_o the_o body_n how_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o it_o have_v such_o forcible_a apprehension_n such_o a_o indelible_a consciousness_n of_o its_o own_o immortality_n how_o come_v this_o notion_n to_o be_v so_o general_a as_o you_o have_v hear_v if_o it_o proceed_v not_o from_o the_o common_a dictate_v of_o reason_n act_v alike_o in_o all_o mankind_n though_o they_o know_v not_o one_o another_o mind_n and_o if_o it_o be_v from_o nature_n how_o can_v it_o be_v vain_a or_o false_a how_o come_v these_o little_a particle_n in_o the_o brain_n to_o dance_v themselves_o into_o a_o notion_n so_o foreign_a to_o their_o nature_n yea_o or_o so_o much_o as_o to_o start_v a_o question_n about_o it_o how_o come_v that_o which_o according_a to_o our_o author_n notion_n pag._n 10._o be_v no_o better_a than_o wheat-meal_n or_o malt_n the_o other_o day_n to_o fancy_n itself_o immortal_a to_o day_n sure_o it_o be_v well_o improve_v in_o a_o very_a little_a time_n si_fw-mi in_o nobis_fw-la nihil_fw-la esset_fw-la nisi_fw-la corporeum_fw-la &_o caducum_fw-la unde_fw-la orta_fw-la esset_fw-la nobis_fw-la ea_fw-la dubitatio_fw-la aut_fw-la omnino_fw-la 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cujusque_fw-la est_fw-la cuique_fw-la as_o marsilius_n ficinus_fw-la argue_v in_o his_o comment_n upon_o plato_n convivium_fw-la quis_fw-la usque_fw-la adeo_fw-la demens_fw-la erit_fw-la ut_fw-la hominis_fw-la appellationem_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la firmissimam_fw-la corpori_fw-la fluenti_fw-la semper_fw-la &_o undique_fw-la permutato_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la animo_fw-la stabilissimo_fw-la tribuat_fw-la pag._n mihi_fw-la 264._o and_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n speak_v cicero_n tusc_n qu._n lib._n 1._o cum_fw-la igitur_fw-la nosce_fw-la te_fw-la dicit_fw-la hoc_fw-la dicit_fw-la nosce_fw-la animum_fw-la tuum_fw-la nam_fw-la corpus_fw-la quidem_fw-la quasi_fw-la vas_fw-la est_fw-la aut_fw-la aliquod_fw-la animi_fw-la receptaculum_fw-la ab_fw-la animo_fw-la tuo_fw-la quicquid_fw-la agitur_fw-la id_fw-la agitur_fw-la à _fw-la te_fw-la pag._n 340._o and_o to_o this_o descartes_n agree_v meditat._n quart_n de_fw-fr primâ_fw-la philosophiâ_fw-la natura_fw-la cogitans_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o 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