Christianity as Mystical Fact
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death." Moreover Socrates bases all higher morality on liberation from the body. He who only follows what his body ordains is not moral. Who is valiant? asks Socrates. He is valiant who does not obey his body but
demands of his spirit when these demands imperil the body. And who is temthe
perate?
Is
who "does not let away by desires, but who
not this he
himself be carried
maintains an indifferent and moral demeanour with regard to them. Therefore are not those alone temperate
on the body and
And all
so
it is,
who
set least value
live in the love of
wisdom?"
in the opinion of Socrates, with
virtues.
Thence Socrates goes on to characterise intellectual cognition.
What
is it
after
all,
to
Undoubtedly we arrive at it by forming judgments. I form a judgment about some object; for instance, I say to myself, what is in front of me is a tree. How do I arrive at saying that? I can only do it if I already know what a tree is. I must remember my conception of a tree. A tree is a physical object. If I remember a tree, I therefore remember a physical object. I say cognise?