50. The heathen mostly console themselves with the
thought, either of the common misery, or of the law of nature, or of
the immortality of the soul. And would that their utterances were
consistent, and that they did not transmit the wretched soul into a
number of ludicrous monstrosities and figures! But what ought we
to do, whose reward is the resurrection, though many, not being able to
deny the greatness of this gift, refuse to believe in it? And for
this reason will we maintain it, not by one casual argument only, but
by as many as we are able.