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would they be, if he could feel them; but as he could not,
they are nothing at all. this too is very weak; neither
"let him have a sepulchre to receive him as a harbour for
"his body; where, his life being gone, his body may rest
"from its hard ships": you see how full of Error these things
are: he thinks that a Tomb is the harbour of the body;
and that a dead man can rest in it. Pelops indeed should
have taught his Son Thyestes better than to have been
guilty of such blunders. but why do I animadvert upon
the Opinions of Single persons? when we may see the
various Errors of whole Nations. the Egyptians make
mummies of their dead: the Persians too keep them as
long as they can, by rubing them over with wax. there
is a custom among the Magicions, not to burie their dead,
till they have been torn by wild beasts. in Hyrcania the
common people breed up some dogs in common: but the —
gentry, keep them at home: for we know there is a good
breed of dogs there. but every one according to his Abilities,
gets dogs to tear him to peices; which they think is the best way of
burial. Chrisippus, who is curious in all stories, collected
many such things; but some of them are such palpable
Errors that discourse abhors them. all this Passage then
is to be despised by us; not neglected: so that however, we
who are living may perceive that they who are dead cannot
think. but as much as should be given to custom and

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Date_1	1761-01-27	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	537	Main Headings	Tusculan Questions
Folio number	117	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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