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Michael.Seidel at Apr 23, 2021 11:23 AM

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Logic IV. 169

stars, and the entire sphere; and not otherwise should I, for my part, ever speak or think." He refers by the way to some [redoubtable?] man who holds that everything is disorder (29A.) He argues also as follows: The universe is composed of the four elements and our bodies of nothing more. It is not we who have made or are superior to the universe, but the reverse. If then our bodies have souls, whence should these souls come from, if the universe has no soul over it? (29A - 30C.) It is, therefore, evident that Reason (Nous 30E) belongs to the fourth category. He now proceeds to inquire further into the nature and origin of pleasure. (31B) When the harmony ([ancient greek?] 31D) in animals is destroyed, pain arises. The restoration of harmony brings pleasure. Such is bodily pleasure. In addition, there is in the soul a hope of pleasure (32BC). But what if an animal is neither in process of dissolution not in that of restitution? (32E) Here is a netral state, such as we must ascribe to the gods.Perhaps it is the best. The pleasures which are purely psychical depend upon

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