The Commentaries on the Timaeus of Plato — trans. Thomas Taylor

And r/ ep/rof i* to he r*tal |i*hr I in, and I Cfome a spectator ot them. He likewise s.ivs, " That divine eirniej mre j-r/ inner/ /■>/ n«,*' hrrau*e to perl, nn orgies, and l lu in' *teru i* talh d r’pn:rm f lift.*).

A;.uu, when i’latn *ay*, ** /i.in; ei.rir/rri then rnltir," he speiks of tho*e divine iny*trrie*, as a spi 1 1 itor; and i.*' * the vv. rd i utirr t .r ; frf'f. I When al-o, he *.i v *, “ I hr mil li /uf/i ui.ui/i 1 us hi a jeitmor li r," lie *i;inl r* tl it the c* mmumon ot the bodtr heroin' » the t aosc ol the lap*c of the soul. Hut bv the word j.'u llr, lie imhr iii s the firm and constant n ilori ol intelligible*, i he evprts*ioris e/o<e</ furs, hl.d rpuphr sp'ftat rt, are derive il troni the IJctiMman mv*tern*. lie also say*, »c weie *peilators “no purr liphl. Inn? niirsrhi i fvrr" lx ran*r the splenilor in ti e ol binary region is not pure; lor it is nnr.gled wiih .nr. Hut we nur*«lves were then pure, bceatr-e n i* not lawiul h r that w l tell is impure to be ronjoine I w th that vvliidi is pure. And !a*tly, as oysters an hound to their shell, so aic we lr. the body.

I*. I'll. S I,rules nr Hit Vhat us * yi, thul the horses r>f the foul sum him* fipht n r/A each other, i Sr.

I or ti c * ike ol the FI itomc reader, I shall ;ive the vln.l'-of the pas*i;eiii lire I’lia dru*, to which Prod is here allude*, tn;i thrr w ith the Scholia of llcrmcas on it. The 1 !■* i;e then, is a* follow* :

“ Hut with resjeel to other soo|«, »urli a* follow divinity m the In *t ni.inner, and hen me similar to its naliirr, r.u*i the head i I the charioteer into the super, ceh'tiil piare; wlurc he i» horn aloni; with the cireuinleienrc: but is ili'tmbi d by the cmir'e of the lu ises. and »i arcelv ni l mis the vi*inlt i l‘ perlret mil- In*. Other souls huwrvrr, al one time raise; and at another depress, the brad of the charioteers and tbrniirli the violence of the liorvv, they ,artly*«e indeed, and are partly destitute of vision. And again,

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other touts follow, kll of them affecting the vision of this superior p arc, but from being unable to accom¬ plish this eleven, they are earned r, inn! in a ii erged condition, trampling on, and attacking each oilier, through a conn niioii of precedency in ll.eir eour«e Ilenre tl e tumuli, contest, ami perspirati u aie ntreme. And here imletil, many become lame through the fault ol ll e eliari tteo, many hit tk many ol tluir wing*, ami all ol llitm mi Hi I in mighty lab,.ur, Jr| r.rl d< slituie • >f the pri i pH n ol n ihlj ; bnl aller I hr ir ill pr rlure tlie v nyi a dm isln nulimiriil, ilirungh which llirre la a gn at endi .iv i*r lu behold ’.* lien thi /uin of i'rutk is -iniaifil. I or Iruiu a me iduw ol lies mi], that which is hrst in I lie soul ri crivi-s runxeni, lit rnilriini lit ; ami limn 11,t-, tin n it in • f ll e wing is In lllslu 1 I \ w hli Ii llir iooI Is i l. a I Ii I lo n* rlid."

I or Iruiu a me iduw ol lies mi], that which is hrst in I lie soul ri crivi-s runxeni, lit rnilriini lit ; ami limn 11,t-, tin n it in • f ll e wing is In lllslu 1 I \ w hli Ii llir iooI Is i l. a I Ii I lo n* rlid."

1 1,1 I ll . it III J all tin: t lilt 1*1 *i l,-IIS 1*1 | 11 I Hu l I, l| thi I a* i.t, " I'lai.i I it iii ji p 1.1 n 11, iu 11, in. Inna same, now prsM* to our pallia) m,l li'un m miiiH, which aic sc ,iih tunes able to follow the inly, an I sometimes abandon a ihsine nature, lleiu e, he riiuiiiftsts them by tbe imletimte word othi i, as pus*es*ing much del rasily and wandering. lit aim ilisidis these triply, into first, middle, and last, lor hr had likewise, givt u a triat.he division to lh< iialnrts of a superior order Ilenre, of the s|, ta les, ho say*, tint smile ure within the Driven, other-, in ll r cut, i alt tli ll ni 1 1 , and oil,> 1 1, In solid tin I h is i it, Anil

* 'll', ami tin e tint* nl.*.ns **il I iimniHi Hu

• fc-aui t.| l!■•> tp** l i, I* • b, s ,,iiil ibe 11 1 -,|> i n bn *i >;, that (lie Ir 11 1y*i 11 nit, ■ i In i w bit It it III Ibr « t| i f rrlrtlial plai r, Is u,th at i, uittnUI t. m t, in,I

\M\lhuut C'ntoit I’nol lo il ls likewise, be In tilt aihsisioii into J.i| ilcr and \ I sla, alnl tin It ll leaders : and aga.n into Jupiier, (mils, and il.imuns: or again, into Jopiter, and tlic.se tt at always tollosv him, when they are willing and aide.* lor uniters illy, every thing which lias ouce proceeded from the first principle, ought to hr Iria' 1 :'. Kur l ■ mg prrlci t it will have a first, middle, a i d la-1, i nf .nil ilily to w ha I tie [(I ddean] Oracle sav-, “ 7"At trmJ nrruiuriiig ull thingi." Thus tlieiel re, res per ting our -oul-, I e 'jis ti at some of them lai-r the In ad ol the cli.ii mil i r, i. e. the siiininil ot mu ititi llet 1, to ill sii|,t r-o IrMi.il place; but that oilier*, * lilt limes i.usc tin- head, ai I m.iiiPtimes i to In a ; aiiiltliilmturi, at ft nut attic lo | ii e ll, but aie 1 orne ib »i.» ml lo generation, It i m>t a!' , be accurati ly obseived, Imw lu in In airs iht ililTii, ui c between • ur si uH and llin*r 1 at are die me I , r in tprâki ,g our highest (ilnilv, and as-nming the •it j w I ,|i Ii Is 111 " si e si r I lee 11 y as si ill tali d tu dis mil y, hr say s, Ihal ll Is sv.ili i ly able, I hi "ugh lu m/ dislni fl¬ ed by lie lur-es, (o rue lie l.i id ol the i liiliulrer tu the ida e beyond tic lleisin, to pi rci ise »c metlnng of real I emgs; and thus to stand i u the I ark of the Heaven, as ill a vvjtch-tower, 1 survi ,ng ddt, lent object* at different time*. And divine souls indeed.

are said tu be carried round by the circulation of the Heaven; but Our souls, to be curried round in con¬ junction [<n*^»rp<a-)*«eai]f with those it,at are divine).

And divine souls indeed.

are said tu be carried round by the circulation of the Heaven; but Our souls, to be curried round in con¬ junction [<n*^»rp<a-)*«eai]f with those it,at are divine).

lint by the head ol the charioteer, we must under¬ stand, the highest and most intellectual pare ol the soul win* li lin eally possesses a I the intellectual (tower of U. S i re tin ii lure, the * ill is tnullipotent, and tl c oil i i p m is ol ii c!«u uisli to cuergiie, her re soul* ol tin lust i mb, in vi rv properly raid to In ihiri.iW by thi I trsi *, llul souls ol li e iiinldlf rank, which base m i ifc> tly itisiiplini d tin ir oil rr power*, are ii i mi it I s mi I to be d.siiirl.i d, but to be/tiirrii by the hoisrs , and hi lice, al out lime, thi ■ i in rgi/e accord¬ ing lu tin r summit, ami at aiiotl n ' tin, aronrdii * lo tin It mull Slll.nlduidcp.il!. A Ull Stalls ut tllC tlillll I ai k, an • ol.li ly v alupii In I hy I In Ii, r m s ; oli will' Ii to t i lull. In ill. Ill tl ll I t I ll I I lie j I id ■ I 11 I I li.il I

1“ I, llti 1 bit mi- In a |I.| It'd I i.i.d.if. II | , I .,ln t • I • I" | I s 1,1 ll I I 11 III , ll |l ,|, ll I s oil I hi I ,l| I 1 1 lit h ( ai is inipli ol h s ill i I the Insi lank Ii a j bib *n

I her w 1,0 Is al lei me' will, him rtf, and for rulitciu- | alien, hut who imparts good alone in the. ollu r bus i f Inin-i ll, and to m ry thing in Ins v irmity. Hut In tl i | dun al charade r Li llicuii igi of »uiils of the mid¬ dle rank ; al one lmu hi mg i situtk tl !•> i onleinplatioii, lilitl at an thi r ag.iin, In mg culivr ted to, and airaiiging tilings 1 .1 i 'oh iuliu.it'- o itnri And h t souls ol 1 he I hud rank, I" ili.il mi to l he Vulgit alnl luipass n* tiiiiii AI 11 i,s ri, Ihf n- is a |Ui -il i sli ul III stttils i*f I l.e in 1 1 lie r ink, In i .n*.i |in i i i of lln i, pt it I i \ tup s mi ll n f s, but I 1 |*it riving itlitt 11 I t,i bt,m« In h i tl, I ii'r si i ii mil y i l.mg-, but hav i li,>t bt ru a few, lull minn V n« strst, have seen a It w, hut have Hot 'feu li ai y l! mgs , and ollu rs, have i ipially seen some thin.s, ait I have not seen t t net*. I lus therefore, ii i ust l r a’U ni led lo ; for ll will e our ibute It, our know¬ ledge of iht lives tln-t aie in a I Mowing oidi r. Hi nee tbe s, ids that are the Iasi of tlio e that Ii 11 w rhi Gods, as they nitiirally a-| ire alter tbe •-up, mU*Ual place, arc Convoked tugitnir with the G d-, lilt through their w .tin i l power l > survey it, ll ey n n I duwnw.ud And al Iasi, »|i| am! de-ire It m Ihein : lor will begins III fu-i, .uni mils itu list. As therefore, here on the e irlb, lln vn!g ir and uilp.is iunrd III in, naturally indeed a pm s ill, i g , |' |,„i |, ,|,| I |f i, dislingitlsli and d si VI I luily e' Islmg got I, I l.clr uSo souls ult allci t d aln r the * unr in u in r.