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Logic IV. 59
The first point we notice in the Phaedo is that the philosophic man will not be eager for the so called pleasures such as eating and drinking. [Foreign language text] He would wish to shun carnal matters and to be busied with the soul. Even the best of the senses are deceptive. The reality of things becomes manifest if at all only in reasoning. [Foreign text]. Then next it is agreed that there is a being just in the abstract [foreign text]. And so with being true and being good. There is no sense perception of these "I speak of entire class, greatness, health, strength, et cetera." [Foreign text] The body is therefore an impediment. Preferring