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praeclarum autem nescio quid adepti sunt, quod1 didicerunt se, cum tempus
mortis venisset, totos esse perituros. quod ut2 ita sit
—nihil enim pugno—, quid habet ista res aut laetabile3 aut gloriosum? Nec tamen mihi sane quicquam
occurrit, cur non Pythagorae sit et Platonis vera sententia. ut enim rationem4 Plato nullam adferret5—vide,
quid homini tribuam—, ipsa auctoritate6 me frangeret: tot autem rationes attulit, ut velle ceteris, sibi
certe persuasisse videatur.
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