Listen. I’m going to try one more time. I don’t promise anything will come of it, or that I won’t try to put it off for as long as possible.… And then when I’m finished perhaps I’ll be finished for good.
One who sets his heart on cleansing himself from the uncleannesses that beset men’s souls … becomes clean as soon as he consents in his heart to shun those counsels and brings his soul into the waters of pure reason.