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-:138. Folly makes it clear that neoplatonist, and especially Plotinlan, Svstems can serve as a substructure to explain and understand the Christian revelation. Folly's Platonism remains notable however for the reference to prophetic insanity, one of the four Sorts of [[divine furor]] discussed by [[Ficino]] in his commentary on [[Plato's Symposium]] which stimulate the process by which the soul is reunified and, progressively weaned from dependence on matter, reunited to God. The idea that philosophy is a preparation for death is also discussed by [[Cicero]], the source from whom [[Montaigne]] took the title of his famous essay [[Que philosopher, c'est apprendre a mourir]]. Erasmus in the [[Enchiridion]] takes it from [[Socrates]] in the [[Phaedo]]. The phrase 'possessing as if they did not possess' is a reminiscence St Paul, I Corinthians vii, 29~3o. --[[Note to My Followers]] which is Part 3 of Folly Speaks from "[[The Praise Of Folly]]"+The idea that philosophy is a preparation for death is also discussed by [[Cicero]], the source from whom [[Montaigne]] took the title of his famous essay [[Que philosopher, c'est apprendre a mourir]].
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