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We Live In The Best Of All Possible Worlds

But It Is The Knowledge Of Necessary And Eternal Truths Which Distinguishes Us From Mere Animals, And Gives Us Reason And The Sciences, Raising Us To Knowledge Of Ourselves And God. It Is This In Us Which We Call The Rational Soul Or Mind.

If You Have A Clear Idea Of A Soul, You Will Have A Clear Idea Of A Form; For It Is Of The Same Genus, Though A Different Species.

There Never Is Absolute Birth Nor Complete Death, In The Strict Sense, Consisting In The Separation Of The Soul From The Body. What We Call Births Are Developments And Growths, While What We Call Deaths Are Envelopments And Diminutions.

Indeed In General I Hold That There Is Nothing Truer Than Happiness, And Nothing Happier And Sweeter Than Truth.