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for another purpose there is a departure from the right reason, and instead of assisting the soul it injures the soul. We are to live just as A, gave the food, for a certain purpose so that he might leave his cell; in the same way the body cannot do any. thing unless it has food prepared for it; not that the food itself will be changed into some spiritual substance, but it is always to be used for a certain purpose. The soul lives its own life, not for the purpose of the body, but the body lives for the purpose of the soul, and every opportunity which the body affords to the soul for thinkng on higher matters must be taken advantage of; but if we believe that the soul is to be controlled by the body the soul misses its powers in this way. This is the way in which we understand the relation of the soul and the body.
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