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"Come, don't interrupt, yourself." Phellion [resuming].
"-- and he hath said that he created it immortal; in other words, the soul can never die. "Quest .-- What are the uses of the soul? "Ans .-- To comprehend, to will, to remember; these constitute understanding, volition, memory. "Quest .-- What are the uses of the understanding? "Ans .-- To know.
It is the eye of the soul." Fleury.
"And the soul is the eye of what ?" Phellion [continuing].
"Quest .-- What ought the understanding to know? "Ans .-- Truth. "Quest .-- Why does man possess volition? "Ans .-- To love good and hate evil. "Quest .-- What is good? "Ans .-- That which makes us happy." Vimeux.
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