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This passage belongs to Cicero, indicating Scipio, a Roman general and consul. I can't understand the end of this phrase: as will our country as long as it exists.
what is its structure and meaning?
If it’s true that the soul and body perish together and no consciousness survives death, then it follows
that although there is nothing good in death there is also nothing evil. Because if sensation passes away, it’s the same as if we had never been born. But we do rejoice that Scipio was born, as will our country as long as it exists.
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anonymous as will our country as long as it exists "as" triggers subject-verb inversion (optionally). as our country will | (for) as long as it (=our country) exists The bare modal auxiliary will takes the main verb in the preceding clause: But we do rejoice that Scipio was born, so that gives us But we do rejoice that Scipio was born, as our country will rejoice for as long as our country exists. ~ But we do rejoice that Scipio was born, and our country, likewise, will rejoice that Scipio was born for the same amount of time that our country exists.
- anonymous as will our country as long as it exists "as" triggers subject-verb inversion (optionally).
- as our country will | (for) as long as it (=our country) exists The bare modal auxiliary will takes the main verb in the preceding clause: But we do rejoice that Scipio was born, so that gives us But we do rejoice that Scipio was born, as our country will rejoice for as long as our country exists.
- ~ But we do rejoice that Scipio was born, and our country, likewise, will rejoice that Scipio was born for the same amount of time that our country exists.
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anonymousas will our country as long as it exists
"as" triggers subject-verb inversion (optionally).
as our country will | (for) as long as it (=our country) exists
The bare modal auxiliary will takes the main verb in the preceding clause:
But we do rejoice that Scipio was born,
so that gives us
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