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1 Hence it follows that the part of the mind which 2 endures, be it great or small, is more perfect than the rest. 3 For the eternal part of the mind (V. xxiii. xxix.) is the 4 understanding, through which alone we are said to act (III. iii.); 5 the part which we have shown to perish is the imagination (V. 6 xxi.), through which only we are said to be passive (III. iii. 7 and general Def. of the Emotions); therefore, the former, be it 8 great or small, is more perfect than the latter. Q.E.D. 9 10