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to its heart and if existence does not in that way necessarily depend upon essence there may nevertheless be reason to believe that existence such as it is has such a dependence or it is conceivable that we should discover that while this is not true of material existence it is true of the mode of existence of mind. These questions however difficult they may be do not seem to be by any means beyond hope of solution and therefore it must be acknowledged that the Phaedron argument may prove to be of great importance supposing immortality to be a matter of importance which is open to questions and in that case metaphysics beocmes a matter of lively interest. At any rate it is shallow to maintain as Dr. Wm. J. Harris for examply does that Plato completely proves immortality and