Now, with regard to thy opinion in a matter which most closely concerns thee, inasmuch as it refers to thy very condition of existence: We affirm that thou dost continue to exist after the extinction of life and to await the day of judgment; and that, according to thy deserts, thou wilt be delivered either to torture or to bliss, both eternal; and that, in order to be capable of it, thy former substance must necessarily return to thee, the matter and memory of the same human being. For,