Principio quoniam tenuem constare minutis corporibus docui multoque minoribus esse principiis factam quam liquidus umor aquai aut nebula aut fumus'nam longe mobilitate praestat et a tenui causa magis icta movetur, quippe ubi imaginibus fumi nebulaeque movetur: quod genus in somnis sopiti ubi cernimus alte exhalare vaporem altaria ferreque fumum; nam procul haec dubio nobis simulacra geruntur' nunc igitur quoniam quassatis undique vasis diffluere umorem et laticem discedere cernis, et nebula ac fumus quoniam discedit in auras, crede animam quoque diffundi multoque perire ocius et citius dissolvi in corpora prima, cum semel ex hominis membris ablata recessit.
First of all, since I have shown it to be delicate and composed of minute particles and elements much smaller than the flowing liquid of water or cloud or smoke'for it surpasses these far in quickness, and moves if touched by a more delicate cause, inasmuch as it is moved by images of smoke and mist, as for example when sunk in sleep we perceive altars exhale their steam on high and send up smoke (for without doubt these are images borne to us)'now, therefore, since, when vessels are shattered, you perceive the water flowing out on all sides and the liquid dispersing, and since mist and smoke disperse abroad into the air, believe that the spirit also is spread abroad and passes away far more quickly, and is more speedily dissolved into its first bodies, as soon as it has departed withdrawn from the limbs of a man.
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