But if you go no further than the report of your senses, and wish to cling obstinately to the view that the dissolution of bodies is truly an annihilation (because the parts into which they are dissolved are imperceptible to our eyes), then at least remember that bodies can only be divided into these imperceptible particles because they are extended; for if the mind is not extended, it will not be divisible, and if it is not divisible, it must be agreed that in this sense it will not be corruptible.