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Acheron, and tantalus almost dead with thirst tho' touching
with his chin the surface of the Waters? and Sysiphus——
rowling an huge stone up the steep hill with sweaty brows,
and unavailing labour? or perhaps, the inexorable judges,
Minos and Rhadamanthus; before whom, you will have
neither Lucius Crassus to defend you, nor (since the cause
is to be tried before Greek Judges) can you have Demosthenes;
the cause you will have to plead for yourself must be
pleaded by yourself. you are very likely afraid of these
things, and on this Account think Death is an everlasting
evil. Auditor. what do you take me to be so mad as to
believe there are such things as these in reality? Marcus.
what do you not indeed believe them? Auditor. no to
be sure. Marcus. truly you talk strangely. Auditor.
why, Pray? Marcus. Because I might possibly get some
knowledge, If I was to argue against them, Auditor who
would not in such a case? or what signifys confuting
these bug bears of the Poets and Painters? Marcus. but the
books of Philosophy are full of discourses against these very
things. Auditor to no purpose I am sure, for who is so
weak as to be terrifyed at such things as these? Marcus.
then if there are no miserable people in the shades below,
there are none at all there. Auditor I am altogether of
that Opinion. Marcus. where are they then whom you
think miserable? or what place do they inhabit? because
if they exist they must be some where. Auditor. no I

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Date_1	1761-01-27	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	537	Main Headings	Tusculan Questions
Folio number	088	Info in main headings field
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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