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The Soul, When Accustomed To Superfluous Things, Acquires A Strong Habit Of Desiring Things Which Are Neither Necessary For The Preservation Of The Individual Nor For That Of The Species. This Desire Is Without Limit, Whilst Those Which Are Necessary Are Few In Number And Restricted Within Certain Limits; But What Is Superfluous Is Without End.

Further, There Are Things Of Which The Mind Understands One Part, But Remains Ignorant Of The Other; And When Man Is Able To Comprehend Certain Things, It Does Not Follow That He Must Be Able To Comprehend Everything.

Medical Practice Is Not Knitting And Weaving And The Labor Of The Hands, But It Must Be Inspired With Soul And Be Filled With Understanding And Equipped With The Gift Of Keen Observation . . .

Man's Shortcomings And Sins Are All Due To The Substance Of The Body And Not To Its Form; While All His Merits Are Exclusively Due To His Form.

Transient Bodies Are Only Subject To Destruction Through Their Substance And Not Through Their Form, Nor Can The Essence Of Their Form Be Destroyed; In This Respect They Are Permanent.