Excerpt from Ph do: The Immortality of the Soul It is said that, whilst yet in the cradle, bees shed honey on his lips; which was considered as a presage Of that astonishing eloquence by which he afterwards distinguished himself above all the Greeks. During his youth, poetry was his favourite study; and he then composed two tragedies and several elegies, all Of which, when he resolved to devote himself to philosophy, he threw into the fire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.