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An heir finds the title-deeds of his house. Will he say, "Perhaps they are forged?" and neglect to examine them?
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Dungeon.—I approve of not examining the opinion of Copernicus; but this...! It concerns all our life to know whether the soul be mortal or immortal.
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It is certain that the mortality or immortality of the soul must make an entire difference to morality. And yet philosophers have constructed their ethics independently of this: they discuss to pass an hour.
Plato, to incline to Christianity.
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The fallacy of philosophers who have not discussed the immortality of the soul. The fallacy of their dilemma in Montaigne.