“Wintrier Soul, .-ays Plata, lolluwing its proper God, is -Lie in pi n t in -oim Hung ol inn llig I h will remain wiihe utu my i.miug me whole of that period, I f w II in ( I ill into ecin laln.li 1 ,r to ! dl into ge- I e r itinu, is io I c injuitd And you limy n» hi w ac- Iiiia’ily hen . In I e- -aim lii.mui r a- b. l. ic, lie cxlu- Lil s lo it- the ihlli n net bi t w ei u elie mi*, aid human S' ul- I oi h> d i s i ol mi n !\ vn, if ii A, « urn 1 Jrealite J h u', if it Am urn to rt/iing ( In al.le], i. e if it I as si i n wi.ji i- paflially and iiidlvifloallv leal If •he n I le, in ih. beguiling ol II r pe nod, il ha- seru Muntlhitig id ieal I cm , it wul ii 111.11H turn gold till am ll cr peri d. I or the sae led law ol .Aih asie.t ante ee hauls eoinpiehrmls ilu pr.-gri -si.il.- ol a I the (rods, and . 1 all m ul-, ai d leuj alls that v-l.|i ll IS ad ipteil lu e ae Ii I lent r, as ihi tea aid nl has lug Sei ll souie'Jliltg c l re dm m u c be ginning ol il.e | erii.il, il u ill, during t it u In- a ol [hat | erii.il, ii main on h gh, ami re volve
III tl-lijiu.i llilll with li e (roll-. lor II- adaptation to the pine il will su- tain il ; Just as he re, uii.r I lungs Ive lor e.nr -. I ir | eiu.i), oihe is h r two, and i thers oi ly Ii r a day, lluough hi ing adapted lu a lertalu posilioll e f the -tars Certain el.etitons also be Iheir -list.tilling a I, keep Souls tmlu tailing into „e ni ratii ll, just as we see I eic. b. dies that are well b. ru, ihougti ihi v shnulil a I adly iiourisbi d, vet at the -ante tune, reinatii he thy, Ihruuj 1, their natural conditimi Ire ill the beginning; ai (I though they endeavour to per lutes eertaiii ihhUd anion-, yet are [ rtveulcd by certain good da mulls In m acioiuph-lung them. Alter the - line u.aime r therefore, the soul that I as once I rhthi Something ol inti Ihgildes, IS a-sistcel and -uppmle d hy g .id il.hinons and l.eme-, »o as not lo tall into general ion in that |eiii.tl. but when the si-ul hemg uii- ..Ide lo foil, w the Guos, Hu lunger pern ivcx -i.incthilig id rralny, Plato enumerates many c him s id its la| -e into generation. The lust Cali-e llien lorr, which he a-signs ol tins is, its inability ol follow in • the [pi i\ elua j attendants ol the Gods. 1 he second is, its bung unable lo perceive something of intelUgiblri. Ite third is, a fortuitous occurrence, and this is probably
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the r.c rum-nce i.f rntiin malefic da mens. Tor tie <lt |> irting fn m the God*, meets with evil d.i (non*, who ri kindle it* desires of a**oc at mg with generalion. lleiicr a similar tiling t ik** |d ire, a* when Mime i nc tullowil -prrrrpt r. v "cratrx (or instance,or M-mc< thir w rl hv tear ln r; h>r thru he heron es modest and wort by, an I j> irlirij at' s «t a rrrtain good. lint it lie ah ind>>tis hi* |>rerr|.tnr, he inert* with intenr|'erate and tinpuderu men, whuexrue him to di irrs contrary In modesty and worth l he Intirlli cause, I' the rnlirc ohiivion ol intelligible*, and the power i f the soul w hirli is c.'lrctivr cl ijifb rcuce, and of a lilc comer* int w itli generation. I >.t from the-e t amr*, thr soul hr rri ines heavy, is fdliil with the p >tion of i Ii'ivi >n, and fettered with the hi nils r f g< million, and tlrpirls In m and beromrs entirely h rgithil of mtilhgihlr*. I >r this is the il-pras ily of the *011!, wl khranscs the dr fluxion 01 her wings, and I <r de*renl to earth.
Il l when Plain *\ys, “the «■’»/ falls ega in on the earth,'' by earth, he may mean, all peneralu n; he may *1-0 intend to signify this earth properly So calh d ; and hr may also mean this human t« dv, min which tin »■ 11! enters, through its most abundant | artiripatt»n of enth The law of Adristr.e therrt re h r nit' tins to the soul in her first falling from the intelligible into grncr itioii, that 'lie shall not rntr r into the l» ily ol a finite, hut into that ot a man l or l’litocill* the first generation, the d'-srenl »•!'the *»ml into the realm* of genriati n, ai d I er giving eoiii| lrtn n to this aniinai Ir ime, alter her vision < t t ie inti IhgibV.
In the next 1! 1 e, it niu-l he- oh C'ved, lliat the nine 1 ves whir 1 1 aie liere deliverr I, dill r hem tho-e mi n tione ! in the [lOlli bu> k of the] Republic. 1 >r the i ves whirl) are In re rh I xerrd are lime, hut those in the Hr| til l c, are infinite. 1 1 e lain 1 also, ue allliMed conhirm ildx 10 the cleiti m* ol ll e s. ill. hut tiic !oiuicr ate distril uti d, af t nrdiiig In tlie rew ird 11 id iioitoiir niriitid hv t lie xiv.uii of inti h tides \ d in thr I liter tinier I, the trinsit oil ol the mill, i- lr> in i 11 an into 1 brute, and frum a brute into a man , hut in ll c former, the transition Is only into mao, and this into tr.c mah, and n it 11.in the b .11 ill 1 at hkrwo-r, wlnrh is tin gri ite-l t iiing 1 I all, is 11 , s, (hit heie, t lie *ouI tir l proeee h lr> in the intelligible lot • gi ni r.,- ti III , lull in the III I i hi r. It | roi ri d* tiom "lie hie lu another. And 111 *h it, 1 * a cura'e'y surviving, you m ill mid mans i there n i s hi tween ll r foriiu r rid the I itirr Ini*. I ) thrr t II, tl is al-o 1101*1 he iiieutmur 1 hv t|s as m i ess »rv, * h it here ll- e *pt Cie* or lorm* theinsr lies ot live*, ar<- • miltieratcd, h t not rutin ly Tiic fortune- "I tl 1 in. a 1 1 xternal < n oiii-t uiri s, sm h lor in t im e is a 1111 tirv,<r royal life; 1101 entirely a hlie whu a 1, i-iur.cr- 1 it with arm*, and employs a lortiinr ol a p iriit 11! ir Wind.
It remains tl e-> lore l > he iuvestigi'r ;|, whrthcr the whole extent I 1 hie |S to be divided 1..to the e nine lives, or w hello r 1 rertain > thcr ilix 1 mil r«u!is these, is Irlt, wliall will mike tor ii“, ten or 111 relive* t or it ■* po"ihh t> do ole the same linn.;, according to .111!, lent ronri piiori-, into a greater 1 r less mmiln r of p irt*. fiiil- 111 the I'hih bn*, thr il.v.sixii i* iilti three, hut in the ltrpul hr, into five, lives. It inn: l l>e d nionttrated by u* howe.er, tint now the wiiole till lit 1 I life may he distributed into thr*c nine live*, these four things therefjrc, bring surveyed about man, vit. reotnn, on^tr, drsirr, aril nufxn, the soul descending into generation, lives either according to reason alone.
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, accordmg 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 reason 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 procuring rnnedies lor them. Sinri ihcrclorc, we hue procc 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 eiireuie, and scientific, and he whole it it is inspired by divinity; but he assumes tin- artihnd an I medicinal 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 subsi*l about itiv iniiy. l or e u h ol the God* abidr*. proro 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 imitate 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 concerning th* nine bee*.
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