Fa. Have I had all the Account that is to be given of the Soul?
Eu. You have Aristotle's Account of it.
Fa. Indeed I have heard he was a very famous Philosopher, and I am afraid that the College of Sages would prefer a Bill of Heresy against me, if I should say any Thing against him; but else all that he has said concerning the Soul of a Man, is as applicable to the Soul of an Ass or an Ox.
Eu. Nay, that's true, or to a Beetle or a Snail.
Fa. What Difference then is there between the Soul of an Ox, and that of a Man?
Eu. They that say the Soul is nothing else but the Harmony of the Qualities of the Body, would confess that there was no great Difference; and that this Harmony being interrupted, the Souls of both of them do perish. The Soul of a Man and an Ox is not distinguished; but that of an Ox has less Knowledge than the Soul of a Man. And there are some Men to be seen that have less Understanding than an Ox.
Fa. In Truth, they have the Mind of an Ox.
Eu. This indeed concerns you, that according to the Quality of your Guittar, your Musick will be the sweeter.
Fa. I own it.
Eu. Nor is it of small Moment of what Wood, and in what Shape your Guittar is made.