Chapter

 1 I | forth, O soul, whether thou art a divine and eternal substance,
 2 I |    to lie,--or whether thou art the very opposite of divine,
 3 I |     this case: whether thou art received from heaven, or
 4 I |    from earth; whether thou art formed of numbers, or of
 5 I |   that of the body, or thou art put into it at a later stage;
 6 I |     whoever he may be. Thou art not, as I well know, Christian;
 7 II|  good, God does good," thou art wont to say; plainly suggesting
 8 II|   but to God alone? So thou art always ready, O soul, from
 9 II|    happens this, since thou art not Christian? How is it
10 IV|    according to thy deserts art assigned to misery or bliss,
11 IV|  and death a blessing. Thou art wont, too, to speak of the
12 IV|     food and dainties, thou art wont to present offerings
13 IV| from the graves again, thou art staggering under the effects
14 IV|     own thoughts, when thou art at a distance from them.
15 IV|   those for whose sake thou art feasting it so sumptuously.
16 IV| feeling to him to whom thou art indebted for favours, thou
17 IV|   it is the proof that thou art aware of its evil. Thou