Fa. I see Souls painted in the Shape of little Infants, but why do they put Wings to them as they do to Angels?
Eu. Why, because, if we can give any Credit to the Fables of Socrates, their Wings were broken by their falling from Heaven.
Fa. How then are they said to fly up to Heaven?
Eu. Because Faith and Charity make their Wings grow again. He that was weary of this House of his Body, begg'd for these Wings, when he cry'd out, Who will give me the Wings of a Dove, that I may fly away, and be at rest. Nor has the Soul any other Wings, being incorporeal, nor any Form that can be beheld by the Eyes of the Body. But those Things that are perceiv'd by the Mind, are more certain. Do you believe the Being of God?
Fa. Yes, I do.
Eu. But nothing is more invisible than God.
Fa. He is seen in the Works of Creation.
Eu. In like Manner the Soul is seen in Action. If you would know how it acts in a living Body, consider a dead Body. When you see a Man Feel, See, Hear, Move, Understand, Remember and Reason, you see the Soul to be in him with more Certainty than you see this Tankard; for one Sense may be deceiv'd, but so many Proofs of the Senses cannot deceive you.
Fa. Well then, if you can't shew me the Soul, paint it out to me, just as you would the King, whom I never did see.
Eu. I have Aristotle's Definition ready for you.