yieldin’ in nothing to the passions, nor sufltr.rg any thing Iruni them, and in tins case, she produce* the fr*t life which 1* tl e philosophic. Or *hc live, accord- mg to angi r, reason at the -amc time having dominion, ami she produces the second life, which is royal and inili' iry. (Ir she lues aemnling to desire, a 1111 rea¬ son pn*«e -mg tlie* npiri ill e soul, and *l.e make* thf third hie, w hu ll lspohiir.il, al.ll 4ho p trains to the at ijiiiMtioll ol wi allh. for this 1 te 1* run I' Vrd in pruuiiuig nurs'.iry food tor the animal and the city Or a, mi, tin *oul is con.er«aiit wnti nature, reason still presiding, aod she produces the gymnastic and midi' in d lite. for this idc, is runxcrtcd to nature ami lmdii *, j rovidentiallv utei dm; to, ai d procur¬ ing rnnedies lor them. Sinri ihcrclorc, we hue pro- cc d'd, as tar as to the end of the prugrr**iun ot life jrn r ling to lijiint, tlie tit■ ll hit remain-, **l.i< h is th* lilc-'ie, m I whirli docs not |hj"'Si a pecul .11 power I 1 r tin- life is convene I to the G d*, anti in rn thins* r.fiord* a 1 eiiam as-i-tano to the In is that pre c*le it Hut 1 ’ia'o l-somCs I ere the propheii- aod li hanc life, not the cut uisia-tic; for this i- p!iil >s -pine in the ei- ireuie, and scientific, and he whole it it is inspired by divinity; but he assumes tin- artihnd an I medici¬ nal life, winch through soldi e-and prayer-, afford* a 1 crlain aid to the human rai e And ll.ese indeed, ate the fue Ii* e-, wlnr h arc t tier ltd o c-rding to ri h hi lea* in, and are i-sntil a’c 1 to the 1 ncr.ic- w |u> h sub- si*l about itiv iniiy. l or e u h ol the God* abidr*. pro- ro d-, and rd'irii* to the ( MM pie ol III- pfogu soon. Here ll er* I nr, the -■» 1 eilln r abides m ie -"ii, and products t f r philo-* phic lit . ; or si e pr c*cd* a* tar a* to iiatinc and prodnrr- the nthei time lives; or s! • is cutivirtcd t i the Gmls, anil product s the hflh life.
t tl 1 he n m lining f. or hv » h< »nrr, wl i< h are imi-
I alive, ind the mi 1 > * < ! tin < t a' nc prior to them, two ol them, v 1 1 the sixth and the si xer.t >,truly irn:t ite
II "*e th d piece Ie tl eni, the one tin ugh w. rds, but tl r > tin r ill ungh deeds. S , th it the reui.iiinng (our, arc 1 ni t line ol the | nor live* ; I ut two ot tnem imi¬ tate truly, an I the oiner two dissimilarly. 1 lie sixth ami seventh live* al-o, w 1 irli ire truly tin tative, tltlTcr in tin-,1 nt thr one mutates through winds, the pbilo- *■ | In r, lie ku g, and the n 'naming eh.1r.11 ter*, and it, *d -ciplinesiiieii; hut the «rventh miilatc-through if ed-. fur *nrh i* the artificer And the eighth ar.d ninth ih'*imd.irly imitate; the on. agun through « rd-, but tin - other through deed*. U it in the poeiW, Cnlisidi r every iimtalive char.o n r included, to which al-o tic painter belongs; tlic-e character*, as I'lato ‘ ns in the Itepiiblie, bring the third frmn the truth, lor the a'emiurpie c haractrr, he is to he assumed who Ie ids a thing troiu nen-bcing to i-ssence, such as the carpcnti r, ttie potter, and the s.ior-m.iker. Among these hkews e, the huibundrnan is included, *0 far ax he p iv * attrnti n to nature, in order that l.cr germination* may he healthy and most rcredent. I it m uitirii how ever, and/u'put.r character*, dilfer in this, that th* soph; si is a teaci er ot the laws and xir’ue; but the popular character exercises rhetoric among the vulgar. Hut we mii'l not now assume the distorted sophistic*] and tyrannical lives, hut tlioie that use these powers to a good purpose, the former by deception, but tb* latter bv force, for it is possible to us* Unse both well and ill, as Plato alto lQlert. Aod thus much con¬ cerning th* nine bee*.
It now remain*, that «■ should collect by human •rrentiftc reasoning, what the nature is of the iutc-lli- gil les, by tl.e contemplation of which tin soul <!< -cinds inti* the first, »rcnird, and lollowing lues t in* s, nl therefore, wtucll l.as surveyed tin l.rjulllid, tin.- w «■, and the germ), 'line tht-'e hr griming truiir the hr-t pi tu- Clplrs, proceed as lar is in the I im ot li.inys, ih -it »h into the hisi lilt . II.me al-o it is rca-unilte to sup¬ pose, tha! iht ooi w hit ti lias stirvcvtd u|stl..iu it sc, r, will Choose the p I isi.pl i, ip. , l.nt tli a Hu s> u 1 wlilt h has > live w .1 the hianlll.il it .1 11 , willilu.usi a lift: w In )i |s stiiiliuns ul rlrgiiiir; _i | this ria’u itl- vides into the uitisii al amt am.iloiy l.li . 1 1 rn 1-
llig beauty cither through the ivi-', or the 1 at', wi oh- tam a reinini'Ci 11.c ot 111UIligil.U Lnauty. lint the reascent to all till- l.vt-s is to t'.r .- 00J. Again, th* soul which has snru ii il t le genera ot Ik mg, will c~ho.se the second hie. I or a king l-slal lishi > ail tlnu_s, and IS the re t r< analogous In /.irmonrn. v,‘ h* m whiitialsu, be is di iiuiiuiiali d ;la.. .,, 1 c i, .m a ■ o, „ ,j ilty f and /.‘iftHf! ft/mniM to r^ii.oi ; wupa tijv am Tj
eSpaioe, ca. t« tJ.pijana. aw’ acroi *a a^scy^ata. 11 e like wi -e rri Tti or tac.les all tilings, I y an mgllig all I a i ruing every thing, through win. h In is anal gnus tu 11 hoi. lie is also the can e ol fiiiiilslop run] unroll lo all t! lugs ihioiigli .oiniii .il law s, which u is the piovinre of iiitrm** lu iliict. And lit tlivuK-s cvtr} ai.d
rejires'c-* wl uitur is lioMil* au<l mjiiTicU'.; and iiii> is the tm|»!u)ii»tnl i>l dfjtifhif. lit liki.*ht iu!ct Dvt*r m 1 things; aii.) on tbii .uruuiil hr i** '.ml to hr uarlikr, and a | mice. Hut * .nisiiu a 1 1 [ m t lu* < itv J t.«
cru/ f III jV he Hot he '‘.ill! lo SuL'l* t .lliul»#„ull' tuO'/’HC, 1 U Coll'CtJUflice ol lradili^ Cat li tUlh^ liolll IIoIi-Lm iD^ to fihtciu e.
Again, uhen the mjiiI La* siirvrvitl tin* ^enrra of being nit. re parl a.lv, and no Im grr lot.illv, or ha* fprinup*!lv] MJivrv t J ju^icc ii*«-il # 'he j r- d ur the third htr: loi llioe who art ai'iitntd in the third life, art in a greater tiegrre c nvi r aut with justice. 1 lie loul wl.it h l.ji uurwjctl health ii^eH, and hodv it>« »l, nuke* thr futiri h hie. A.id tl.C Mini u hi. h h i" hi In Id Ihe elevating C»ods produce* tin* pruphttu nr idem htr. Ihe m iiiainin^ lour livi * however, hive *ur- ve)t»l minliiii lc itst II, md di'Miuiliiude iiy li ; hut the two hr*t lt.iu Mirx e\ t d in a girait r i!t gne 'inuuiiidc, aod the (wo la i ilus unhiodr.
Plato (heirtorr, liavini' 'puktn rniicrriiiiur the lnn and the genera (L'lrdjiitrd lu omd* d-'i ending into generalitm, In in thv inlclligihle prior to nm ij* tiun, l.rndv d ti"« * in what inn un« t tin n u- d.ul ol the 'in 1 during it** I thru (ondiiiuii, Ci<fifnrm.i- hi) to what Is *jid III lilt* Kij'iihlti ; \ i/. that tt t -• ill which h as |> iss, ,1 tl.ioug!i tins lilt- in a ju t .11 I In !_v maimer, si all cl'.a 11 a in ic eviellenf, I ut tin- s. nl tliat lias ac id iiitpi-llv, a w 1 -e, comlilioii il l ii.g. Haeiug likcwi'C. !e I tl.e soul 1 .to tin- n alius ol g. in- ration, lie again elevates it to tin- n It iligrble, ar d 'aj‘, that every soul such as tin-■■dils 0! tin limit:-. It , is restored to the niulloil.lt, tl,rough leu tin. s.. l years, but that the soul .1 a philosopher •’ restored through tl rcr thousand years. ''line liowcicr, tie Iirakts melition ol a | cu 1 i t aruviiad, ami ol three thou sat d years, and farther stdl ot the period or a thousand years, Iruiu a progression Ircin gei eratt n into generation, let us first i vplaiu the uiathem itical ncarnng ol what is said, arid -Itctward' iuvisligate " hat he w ishes to indicate
lie defines then, in the Republic, the measure of lire life ol man 10 he a hundred years, this unrulier hem - the sip,are of ten, which comprehends m iis,-|f all t|o- Ioiiiis ol iiiiiiiLers. Alterw aid-, it you undtipty u Intn- rheil by t n, vou wi I piodiiee the cuhe a • 111 sand I lil', as In i, g tein stuai, and adapted In t anti, Plato attiihulis 1 it, and s,ys, 111.I the progression of the soul i.i.d r it c earth, 1 e Us progie-st.... Ir,.ni . encra- li 11 to gi in r.illoii, 'e.nsists ol a thousand years, III , til. r M. u t In p 11. *| mi nt of 11s nth 111 e s, nr 1 1 e rew ard I.t Us g... .1 ihiIll iy t iki plat e 111 a te. t Id degn r I ai'ln r 'till, tins a s , iiuisi I e pic ,s.„ 1,,,^ (1, ,[ ( | ir soul vs Ole it |s aU.lil to lull Sli .,1 d to Its pi 1 st I i III |i 1 1 y til l I I IM el...M l a plulo-opliii file- lit ilnre lie tln-iil.11, a' ul 1! it ii is lie id 1 he nine hy.s; but it re mar 11' alter linn, (Hal one hie wine Ii Is ipoi ata'latle, 111 .si, as we have said, lie luv 1 siigati d , and thus wi s! ill ive tin liees. lienee since the pn gir'iioli ot eaeii lile ulnh r the 1 nth, cun'i'ts ol a thou- u d \e ai te 11 1 uni-> one IImiis.m,| w ,|| pn duce a my riad of ims '■inc a 1 -o it is neee -ary th it the - sold «!hit'll is -ellim¬ ing tw Us pi i-tiiie Ii lie'lly , sli eil I have phrl.i'i.plueril thin e, as Plato sa\~, a, .in tinee ihoiisind years will 1 . I'lcdiui I. Perhaps ton, Plato a'siiined this liom Iilslory. I r thus lie-run s I r I'liu g.slus riieieed tilt ■H I ell . 111.11 e.I 1 Hsi legisins, Lu anse In had ihuec | hi- I. | Im. 1 el eii l: 11 < arlli, anel the thud time knew i ( iin- Si it. And I llldal 1 s ,y ,,
lull tin v wl.o 111 true snine'trun™
1 in < u rf j in gallon can l inline ,
An I kt 1 p tl i 11 mu .Is lr. in Irai di d wrong.
And guilt’s contagion | uit ,
1 l.i 1 tliio* tli*- st triy pall.s ol Juyc 1 o Saturn’s I h Ini lowrr it move Such theret..re, as I have sai l, is ihe mall entatiral In cal. u g e.l the wonK. Ai I in s|, n, three and ten multiply the journey ot a iiioii'au.l yt.tis under th- tailli, tl al l',tlu pi ogress, oil I.t ill gt ut 1 all. n 11 to ge r.er |’I .1., ai d III ikt three llu.iis n.ii and a myriad.
W I al ih. n t'ot s Plato ol s. me y Mginty lluoilgh 1 hi r titiinh rs f It must hi *n.l, t .at ihret thoiisaiid and a inyiia.l, aie syinh U..lp ilttliou l ..| Plain doe* not 1111 an what tie in -til. i ina 11 1 'ign lieaiiuii ol the words r 111 I indie tie l or it this w• re thr ease, there