“Ans.—From God, who created it of a nature one and indivisible; the destructibility thereof is, consequently, not conceivable, and he hath said—”
Poiret [amazed]. “God said?”
Phellion. “Yes, monsieur; tradition authorizes the statement.”
Fleury [to Poiret]. “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?”