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But

suppose

that

those

who

remembered

you

were

immortal

and

your

memory

undying

.

What

good

would

it

do

you

?

And

I

do

n't

just

mean

when

you

're

dead

,

but

in

your

own

lifetime

.

What

use

is

praise

,

except

to

make

your

lifestyle

a

little

more

comfortable

?

"

You

're

out

of

step

--

neglecting

the

gifts

of

nature

to

hand

on

someone

's

words

in

the

future

.

"

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.

Beautiful

things

of

any

kind

are

beautiful

in

themselves

and

sufficient

to

themselves

.

Praise

is

extraneous

.

The

object

of

praise

remains

what

it

was

--

no

better

and

no

worse

.

This

applies

,

I

think

,

even

to

"

beautiful

"

things

in

ordinary

life

--

physical

objects

,

artworks

.

Does

anything

genuinely

beautiful

need

supplementing

?

No

more

than

justice

does

--

or

truth

,

or

kindness

,

or

humility

.

Are

any

of

those

improved

by

being

praised

?

Or

damaged

by

contempt

?

Is

an

emerald

suddenly

flawed

if

no

one

admires

it

?

Or

gold

,

or

ivory

,

or

purple

?

Lyres

?

Knives

?

Flowers

?

Bushes

?

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.

If

our

souls

survive

,

how

does

the

air

find

room

for

them

--

all

of

them

--

since

the

beginning

of

time

?

How

does

the

earth

find

room

for

all

the

bodies

buried

in

it

since

the

beginning

of

time

?

They

linger

for

whatever

length

of

time

,

and

then

,

through

change

and

decomposition

,

make

room

for

others

.

So

too

with

the

souls

that

inhabit

the

air

.

They

linger

a

little

,

and

then

are

changed

--

diffused

and

kindled

into

fire

,

absorbed

into

the

logos

from

which

all

things

spring

,

and

so

make

room

for

new

arrivals

.

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One

possible

answer

.

But

we

should

n't

think

only

of

the

mass

of

buried

bodies

.

There

are

the

ones

consumed

,

on

a

daily

basis

,

by

us

and

by

other

animals

.

How

many

are

swallowed

up

like

that

,

entombed

in

the

bodies

of

those

nourished

by

them

,

and

yet

there

is

room

for

them

all

--

converted

into

flesh

and

blood

,

transformed

to

air

and

fire

.

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