This is perilously near tautology; it can be saved only by assuming that 'every being capable of happiness' is a more extensive class than 'all vital beings capable of arriving at the perfection of their nature.'
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'The soul's debility is not owing to her lapse into matter; for as this lapse is voluntary, the soul must have sinned prior to her descent.'
| VI. | |
| Voluntary lapse | proves prior sin |
| Soul's lapse is v. | her debility must have been antecedent to lapse |
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Cogito ergo sum.—
| I. | |
| Whatever thinks | is |
| I think | I must believe that I am |
That we exist is the most certain fact we know: it cannot be strengthened by any argumentation. If we can doubt that we are, we can with better reason doubt that we think.
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