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wide_o open_a which_o crito_n perceive_v he_o close_v both_o his_o mouth_n and_o his_o eye_n death_n eye_n a_o most_o augu_v testimony_n give_v by_o plato_n of_o his_o master_n socrates_n to_o vindicate_v both_o his_o person_n and_o doctrine_n from_o the_o prejudice_n of_o a_o ignominious_a death_n this_o echecrates_n be_v the_o end_n of_o our_o friend_n and_o familiar_a a_o man_n as_o we_o in_o truth_n affirm_v of_o all_o who_o we_o have_v by_o use_n and_o experience_n know_v the_o wise_a and_o most_o just._n quid_fw-la dicam_fw-la de_fw-la socrate_n cujus_fw-la morti_fw-la illachrimari_fw-la soleo_fw-la platonem_fw-la legens_fw-la cicero_n de_fw-fr natura_fw-la deor._n lib._n 3._o quidni_fw-la ego_fw-la narrem_fw-la ultima_fw-la illa_fw-la nocte_fw-la catonem_fw-la platonis_fw-la librum_fw-la legentem_fw-la posito_fw-la ad_fw-la caput_fw-la gladio_fw-la duo_o haec_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la extremis_fw-la inst_z umenta_fw-la prospexerat_fw-la alterum_fw-la ut_fw-la vellet_fw-la mori_fw-la alterum_fw-la ut_fw-la posset_n etc._n etc._n seneca_n epist_n 24._o sic_fw-la long_fw-mi virtute_fw-la fuit_fw-la mens_fw-la sancta_fw-la catonis_fw-la purgata_fw-la atque_fw-la illi_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la immortalis_fw-la honorem_fw-la jam_fw-la contemplanti_fw-la divini_fw-la fata_fw-la platonis_fw-la phaedonem_fw-la tradunt_fw-la cum_fw-la laetus_fw-la talia_fw-la fatur_fw-la salve_fw-la sancte_fw-la libre_fw-la superis_fw-la demisse_fw-la catoni_fw-la dirige_fw-la tu_fw-la cursum_fw-la vitaeque_fw-la extrema_fw-la meantis_fw-la instrue_n non_fw-la alium_fw-la moriturus_fw-la quaero_fw-la magistrum_fw-la nec_fw-la restare_fw-la alius_fw-la voluerunt_fw-la numina_fw-la curas_fw-la etc._n etc._n tho._n maius_n in_o supplemento_fw-la lucani_n lib._n 4._o quid_fw-la ambraciotes_n ille_fw-la cleombrotus_n videlicet_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la platonis_fw-la illum_fw-la phaedonem_fw-la perlegasset_fw-la praecipitem_fw-la se_fw-la dedit_fw-la nullam_fw-la aliam_fw-la ob_fw-la causam_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la platoni_n credidit_fw-la lactantius_n certain_a general_n axiom_n collect_v out_o of_o the_o precedent_n dialogue_n concern_v the_o soul_n 1._o axiom_n moral_a 1._o pain_n and_o pleasure_n be_v of_o kin_n and_o so_o link_v together_o that_o they_o close_o succeed_v each_o other_o by_o turn_n 2._o no_o man_n ought_v upon_o what_o account_n soever_o to_o desert_v the_o station_n wherein_o god_n have_v place_v he_o but_o to_o persist_v in_o the_o duty_n thereof_o contemn_v all_o opposition_n 3._o self-murder_n be_v a_o great_a crime_n est_fw-la *_o ac_fw-la donec_fw-la deus_fw-la ille_fw-la creator_n qui_fw-la terrena_fw-la animam_fw-la primò_fw-la station_n locavit_fw-la evocat_fw-la haud_fw-la illa_fw-la station_n excedere_fw-la fas_fw-la est_fw-la 4._o a_o wise_a man_n ought_v not_o only_o not_o to_o fear_v death_n but_o also_o to_o desire_v it_o with_o submission_n to_o to_o the_o divine_a will._n 5._o philosophy_n be_v the_o perpetual_a meditation_n of_o death_n that_o be_v to_o recall_v and_o divorce_v the_o soul_n from_o commerce_n with_o the_o sense_n and_o alienate_v it_o from_o corporeal_a lust_n and_o pleasure_n which_o be_v a_o anticipatton_n of_o death_n that_o be_v define_v to_o be_v a_o solution_n and_o separation_n of_o the_o soul_n from_o the_o body_n 6._o the_o virtue_n of_o politician_n be_v not_o true_a virtue_n but_o only_o faint_a resemblance_n of_o the_o true_a 7._o philosophy_n be_v the_o way_n to_o true_a felicity_n and_o the_o two_o grand_a duty_n of_o it_o be_v 1_o to_o contemplate_v the_o perfection_n of_o god_n and_o 2_o to_o alienate_v the_o soul_n from_o the_o allurement_n of_o the_o sense_n and_o from_o indulgence_n to_o the_o body_n 8._o hope_v of_o future_a felicity_n be_v a_o very_a great_a reward_n that_o be_v the_o best_a way_n of_o pass_v through_o both_o the_o temptation_n and_o adversity_n of_o this_o life_n with_o satisfaction_n of_o mind_n 9_o decent_a burial_n such_o as_o be_v ordain_v and_o prescribe_v by_o good_a law_n of_o the_o country_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v neglect_v by_o a_o wise_a man_n nor_o funeral_n pomp_n affect_v 80._o affect_v so_o epicurus_n in_o his_o last_o will_n and_o testament_n sepeliunto_n nos_fw-la quà _fw-la videbitur_fw-la in_o hortis_fw-la commodissimum_fw-la nihilq_fw-la interim_n sumptuosiùs_fw-la quod_fw-la sivo_fw-la ad_fw-la sepulturam_fw-la sive_fw-la ad_fw-la monumentum_fw-la pertineat_fw-la agunto_fw-la diog._n laert._n lib._n 80._o ii_o axiom_n natural_a 1._o contrary_n be_v produce_v out_o of_o contrary_n but_o can_v possible_o subsist_v the_o same_o in_o one_o subject_n at_o the_o same_o time_n 2._o to_o learn_v be_v to_o remember_v what_o the_o soul_n know_v before_o it_o come_v into_o the_o body_n or_o there_o be_v natural_o and_o congenial_o in_o the_o soul_n the_o seed_n of_o all_o science_n which_o be_v only_o cultivate_v and_o mature_v by_o method_n of_o discipline_n not_o implant_v or_o ingraff_v at_o first_o as_o aristotle_n teach_v iii_o axiom_n theological_a 1._o god_n take_v care_n of_o man_n for_o that_o they_o be_v his_o own_o possession_n 2._o god_n according_a to_o plato_n definition_n here_o be_v not_o only_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o own_o be_v but_o give_v both_o be_v and_o wellbeing_a to_o all_o thing_n else_o 3._o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v the_o offspring_n of_o god_n in_o a_o peculiar_a manner_n participant_a of_o the_o divine_a nature_n incompound_n without_o figure_n or_o shape_n incorruptible_a immortal_a as_o god_n 4._o the_o soul_n in_o this_o life_n do_v indeed_o use_v the_o service_n of_o the_o body_n yet_o be_v not_o compose_v organical_o of_o the_o sense_n and_o other_o faculty_n thereof_o but_o simple_a and_o exi_v apart_o by_o itself_o after_o separation_n by_o death_n whereby_o the_o body_n be_v compound_n be_v dissolve_v but_o the_o soul_n go_v away_o untouched_a and_o void_a of_o all_o corruption_n into_o another_o life_n and_o there_o last_v eternal_o 5._o of_o our_o soul_n depart_v there_o be_v a_o twofold_a state_n some_o be_v happy_a other_o unhappy_a 6._o see_v that_o in_o this_o life_n thing_n be_v carry_v on_o intemperate_o and_o in_o confusion_n there_o must_v be_v in_o the_o next_o life_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o certain_a and_o just_a judgement_n of_o god_n the_o supreme_a and_o universal_a judge_n whereby_o good_a man_n may_v be_v distinguish_v from_o wicked_a this_o be_v a_o axiom_n evident_a by_o the_o very_a light_n of_o nature_n that_o god_n will_v reward_v every_o man_n according_a to_o his_o work_n in_o this_o life_n tenetur_fw-la *_o deus_fw-la ipse_fw-la sequendam_fw-la proposuit_fw-la virtutem_fw-la &_o praemia_fw-la debita_fw-la justis_fw-la haec_fw-la quoniam_fw-la justos_fw-la injusta_fw-la potentia_fw-la fraudat_fw-la saepiùs_n in_fw-la terris_fw-la &_o gens_fw-la humanu_fw-la rebellat_fw-la solvere_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la justissimus_fw-la ipse_fw-la tenetur_fw-la 7._o positive_o and_o with_o confidence_n to_o describe_v the_o place_n whither_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o dead_a go_v and_o to_o define_v what_o be_v the_o reward_n and_o punishment_n they_o there_o receive_v be_v the_o part_n of_o a_o man_n extreme_o ignorant_a and_o superstitious_a though_o it_o be_v most_o