mind's action, its powers of memory and invention,
its self-activity, indivisible nature and pre-existence
(78); also the arguments, attributed
to Cyrus, based upon the soul's immateriality,
the posthumous fame of great men and the
likeness of death to sleep (79-81); the instinctive
belief in immortality, so strong as even to
form an incentive for action (82); and, finally,
the speaker's own longing after immortality and
hope of union with those whom he once knew
and loved (83-85).

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