Yea, she presently evaporates, disperses, and perishes, even
before the body itself; so that it seems her great and excessive
rejoicing must be only for having learned this one sage and divine
maxim, that all her misfortunes will at last determine in her own
destruction, dissolution, and annihilation.

But (said he, looking upon me) I should be impertinent, should I
say anything upon this subject, when we have heard you but now
discourse so fully against those that would persuade us that
Epicurus's doctrine about the soul renders men more disposed and
better pleased to die than Plato's doth. Zeuxippus therefore
subjoined and said: And must our present debate be left then
unfinished because of that? Or shall we be afraid to oppose that
divine oracle to Epicurus? No, by no means, I said; and Empedocles
tells us that

What's very good claims to be heard twice.

Therefore we must apply ourselves again to Theon; for I think he
was present at our former discourse; and besides, he is a young
man, and needs not fear being charged by these young gentlemen
with having a bad memory.

Then Theon, like one constrained, said: Well then, if you will
needs have me to go on with the discourse, I will not do as you
did, Aristodemus. For you were shy of repeating what this
gentleman spoke, but I shall not scruple to make use of what you
have said; for I think indeed you did very well divide mankind into
three ranks; the first of wicked and very bad men, the second of