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Just As A Person Is Commanded To Honor And Revere His Father, So He Is Under An Obligation To Honor And Revere His Teacher, Even To A Greater Extent Than His Father; For His Father Gave Him Life In This World, While His Teacher Instructs Him In Wisdom, Secures For Him Life In The World To Come.

The Same Is The Case With Those Opinions Of Man To Which He Has Been Accustomed From His Youth; He Likes Them, Defends Them, And Shuns The Opposite Views.

Do Not Imagine That What We Have Said Of The Insufficiency Of Our Understanding And Of Its Limited Extent Is An Assertion Founded Only On The Bible: For Philosophers Likewise Assert The Same, And Perfectly Understand It,- Without Having Regard To Any Religion Or Opinion.

If A Person Studies Too Much And Exhausts His Reflective Powers, He Will Be Confused, And Will Not Be Able To Apprehend Even That Which Had Been Within The Power Of His Apprehension. For The Powers Of The Body Are All Alike In This Respect.

He Who Immerses Himself In Sexual Intercourse Will Be Assailed By Premature Aging, His Strength Will Wane, His Eyes Will Weaken, And A Bad Odour Will Emit From His Mouth And His Armpits, His Teeth Will Fall Out And Many Other Maladies Will Afflict Him.