[185] But he is happy to whom it has happened that for the greater portion of his life he has inclined towards the more excellent and more divine part; for that he should have done so all his life is impossible, since at times the mortal weight which is opposed to him has preponderated in the opposite scale, and [126] impending over his mind, has kept watch for the opportunities of coming upon his reason at an unfavourable time, so as to drag it back again.