would I I III ,p I ata't I'IS ol (ycry st„i| ,,i a iiiynad it yeti', in I t 11 s tins word w ould lu Colin ih 'lUutr t I souls. It it this Is unp-.s |t ‘t .as Is also evi.li Jit from W Ii it is It hired 1 I \ 1 1 la 11 s In (I I.t I el lilt b t-k olj the lit pul lit, wl o was many ill. usai d \« os under the • nth, .11 I yet was not aide lu i'i ■ t.d ifrum tin* liiollth, flm' 1 ,. I* . . I t r '« uls a-e. ride I Iruiu it. Pi it., the relote if 1 s not rule 1 d to s|g illy a linitl.i in i~u al and aritji- 111 In ..1 mu T iiii.lt ul veir', I i.t no asini s t 1 per It, t 1 lit ■I'nl gt I tilt 1- ot tu t, middle, anil la-t 'u ils. Per •Oiut *u'lls liiake tio ir a| ei. al.i'tasis im-re sw 1 ft I v, hut minis unite slowly,and some reip.iire l.nt a little, hut 1 tt us ai. al.iunl till, purit cation. And thrieisaprr- lotn .ltd Ktj i. lit miing the In ginning, 111 u'i' h , and end I <n ah., is a tier tu l nionlir, suh'i t.ng a. 1 01.ling to nnot ti li-riu 1 r accir hug to a lurm ihtlemit In in tint I I till et and < • 11 j rehei.dili" ill It ill all mi 11, hers.
1 1 fee l.ke M'f, |S a: a ogtais to tiiti e thousand, and t, n to a my r,.ol I, r eat h ol the in is a inon.nl, .0 d is cmn- prchti.sivc ol all ntiinhers. (in ail tlicse anoints theielme, I’lalo ii't-s three thoii'. nd and a myriad inauilr-sting h_v these numhe-rs, that those who philo- s-oplort' perfectly, make their apoeatastasls to the tu-
foc gt iura ot being are, es'rnee, pernianetirv, motion, satoriifs*. anj dtlferriirc. CMytup. 11. v. I*i 3 , ir.
\I)DlTIONAL NOTES.
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iXlicil 1 c id a shorter l me, an rr.juiiing lint little or no jnint’iratiun; I ill tint tlie soul* of the innltilmlr make llicii a|'i rat I'ln'i* in a longer time, a' li< in; in want ril mm ti | 11iii'I• me■ t anil pm iIk it ioii. A thousand a I *o manifest* a • ertaitt nn .tsurrol tlir perfection the Mini that i' pn’if ! under ll.e e irlli; w Inch bavin; obtained, it a; nil i unn * into tnura'inii, and htvin; I nil wril nr ill u the cirth, n.'i n aupiirc-. its reipii'iie perfection under the earth. Ilein e, tticse | criod* do not rut ire Iv manifest mi ;ri at a multitude id years, *o as that souls make their ap i Ua-te* m *.11111 a great lengthof time, lull they *ynth> i' aliy *t; nty, a eeriain j rnprr measure of peril tinn; t , *'..u; , i » hieli the mui! receiving what ii aikipt'd to it, ai d ohiaiiiin^ its pcrfecliuii, is n sturr d to it*, p'ist me ti In ity.
I’ 111. Ht hnpj y Ii ft. A r.
The siipri ne tclu Itv of 'he «nul in another iife, f. n- si- ts iii the \im hi ol n telh.'il If' iri a ninth no re per- Iect manner than r in he tti nil l>v it in the pie*eiit life. Jins v i'i in, I’I i(o m the I'lixdr.i*, calls uuti itiun into ll e must I b:--c 1 ol mysieii* s. Il it In* all he mtl- ful word' are trill* it d hi me a* follows: “ \V» were then huw rvi r, perm Hid to *cr *p einlnl beauty, wl eu logrlhi r With that happy thoir, we obtained lint 1 3 e**ed special lr and vi'ion, ne imh r I tolluwm* with Jupiter, hut others with *oinC mher God, si ting and hrmixlmli lied in those imslcrns, which ill ty lr law¬ fully fdhd most hlrs*td .\nd thr«c divine orgies were perl' rmed hv u , who were then entire, and tree from the evils umrh aw.iitid us iii a po*terior t me. We .il n heheld with tlu*eil cvi*, and were epoptic spertators in a pure light, ut *ini| lr,'table and h*;*pv imnmou* appt nance-, hem; i>iir*r!vrs purr,and tree Irom the lin prc**:oii it that with whirli we are n iw sum uinleil, whirh we deni ruinate body, and to which we are h mn I, like an in *ter to it* *1 ed."
Ail this i* tin* admirably cvpltmid by Hcrmci*, " Plain even win re *a\*, tint the *uvrrrign Smi is analog' us to the hr*t prior pie ol ll in;*, kor as iieic t ir "in i* t l 'r *i vi ri ign id nn w huh *rn*d lr world, so is the lir*t ( rim ij In I i thr inti 1 . ;il le world And as from the sovereign h in 1 1_ht d* cc i d~, who h r >nj ll.*, roiinrct*, and unite* that who h Is visive with flat whirh is visible ; alter the *amc in nun r al-n. the Ii. ht proceeding Iron l c fust and sslurli i’l.ito rails
truth, coii|oms in telle. I w it h the mu i i_iblr You see therefori that b'aoty lunt.itrs this light. ] or it i*. a* it were, a li;iii,'jnitieil Ir in the lomif iin i>l iulrlligi- lilc* to till* vimI.Ic vvi.ild, il In r in; and i ah m; up w i rd all things io if self, and unit in; the lover with the oh jet I of love. I lci.ee al-o, > lev a turn ft., the Init lh;ib|e] |. , p r , _ Ini through ir Plato lit n l. re, *umni inly »ays.tl.at itllrlliglbl s a r toe ul.jiil* to wlui ll la ve cliv ills. For the hr nr 1 v, who h is in re, i* o'score m d sensible,
(pi* l a the li;ht vslnrli i* In re, i* nun l< d w it It an,) and lead- n* to the rein nisi i nee i.l I t oily it*ell.
Hut win n he siy*, 11 Ilf urrt lirn p< i n itlid lu sit
iplenuui hiii/* he tin ai s Inauly it*i H r< ru-t aliu;,
without any tnivime ol u* contrary. And Ihr h-ppi/
r./.rir. in r.*i pm lint witti wlittli we tint revolved,
fonsi't* if divine stul', wlirli no aeuuuit ol their
iiniti d'ub*l*li in e, are i died a i Ii ir. Hit l.e now
df noiiiin.i'i s a choir. Ii it whuli he bclnii cvhdfAr
arri'v >•! (mis n rid r/.limwl. It |s likewise pfoprily
called by bun ha;pv For in reality, lie wlui Miiveys
those tortus is ha| py and hh**ed.
Again, when lie say>, “ t’idefJ miIh
Jupiter," it must be observed, that i i the Tima in, be rrpirsrnts the IVmmrgus when Ii it makip- tli« world, di'senm dm; soul* erpial in i imb-r to tl 't ir*. i r. riju.il urordm; to h>rms lence, niakin" * nne of them to lie *■■ far, other* lain , and others Jovian, v^r., he di**i ruinated some oi t. nn into the I,arlli, hut other* into the other in*triun< nts of tune. Pla’u therefore mw*a\s,“ He i n feed t I'euirp icilh Ju, ilrr," as krinwin; In* proper God (r e the God to W" I iii'o scr ie* he In longed], For tin* r* the f. he tv of the human si id, to ri solve in ronpinrti n with apj ropriatc Gi ds; *inre ;t is m t po**il lr l. p i** I evrmd tl e Gods.
kk lien al*o In' *av*, “ /leif'g i'urei/r./,'* lie denomi¬ nates iMifi'i/mn (TiAenjJ Irom the *■ ol In-lug rerdcred
by It ptif'd f napa to rrArnr T-ijr if ippr awrrrt A# ir.) You
see tin reh.rr, that thr sold wa* onre perlret. IF nee,
wlun it i* on the earth, it heroines divided, and the
whole ol it is not al le to rnrr;i/r In it*rlt lie Jikc-
w |-C saw, “ |l AirA rfii/ hr /-i-i ff fhj llrri For the
noon ot thrill is not Mmplv nu st l.|r**eil; «mi.c thr
pern ivr r si c~, a* bein; different from that whirh is
*ern. It is iircrs*.iry however, that union should
take place. 1 hr establishment then fore m these
objeet* ol vi*inn, is mosl bles-ed. Hut it is nrrcs*ary
to f now that trhlr is one tlun nmrsn(*iov»u)
anoilier, ai d rp plrui (»t^»-t, a) in .tin r. J'fUlr there¬ fore, n .m.i|o;i ii* to tl it vs hu h i* prrpirafnrv to punfi- r.aii ns, and the like, lint n.iiiiu, whirh i* drnomi- li.strd Irom eh *in; the eyes, i* more divine. For to close the eves, is no |on;' r to receive tin *e divine my stern s hv sin*r, I tit to hrhold tin tn with the soul If*' ll. 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 ronjoin- e 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,
AiHHTIONA!* Non>.
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 n- treme. 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."
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
* 'll', ami tin e tint* nl.*.ns **il I iimniHi Hu
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 riiuiii-
ftsts 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