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and yet it is when the body sleeps
that the soul most clearly manifests its divine nature;
for when it is unfettered and free it sees many
things that are to come.1 Hence we know what the
soul's future state will be when it has been wholly
released from the shackles of the flesh. Wherefore,
if what I have said be true, cherish me as you would
a god. But on the other hand, if my soul is going
to perish along with my body, still you, who revere
the gods as the guardians and rulers of this beautiful
universe, will keep me in loving and sacred memory.”
23. This was the view of the dying Cyrus. Let
me, if you please, give my own.
1 But cf. De divinatione, ii. 58. 119 ff.. where Cicero refutes and derides this theory.
Cicero: De Senectute De Amicitia De Divinatione. With An English Translation. William Armistead Falconer. Cambridge. Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Mass., London, England. 1923.
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