It now remain*, that «■ should collect by human •rrentiftc reasoning, what the nature is of the iutc-lligil 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 suppose, 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 itlvides into the uitisii al amt am.iloiy l.li . 1 1 rn 1- llig beauty cither through the ivi-', or the 1 at', wi ohtam 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 *urve)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 ud.ul ol the 'in 1 during it** I thru (ondiiiuii, Ci<fifnrm.ihi) 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. inration, 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 Intnrheil 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 . encrali 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 -elliming 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™
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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 thtailli, 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 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 thrieisaprrlotn .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 cmnprchti.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 philos-oplort' perfectly, make their apoeatastasls to the tufoc gt iura ot being are, es'rnee, pernianetirv, motion, satoriifs*. anj dtlferriirc. CMytup. 11. v. I*i 3 , ir.
\I)DlTIONAL NOTES.
17JJ 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.
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The siipri ne tclu Itv of 'he «nul in another iife, f. nsi- 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 mtlful 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 lawfully 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."