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

• 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 aihsi- sioii 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 d- dean] 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.iiiP- times 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 tpr&ki ,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 me- tlnng 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).

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

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 airaiig- ing 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 luipas- s 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 s- i VI I luily e' Islmg got I, I l.clr uSo souls ult allci t d aln r the * unr in u in r.

You may hki wi-e as* nut oilier examphs ol the llirre oni, rs ol souls Ol 11 .e hist order nidi nl, the teiuprralr man , but of il.r si i und, the er nfiln nl man, win n , lining i l line |s a si lilluli I tlwcen I in - t n 1 101(11. hall and iiioii i ii ellrlil palls of lln soul, yif.it the sunt. I mu , ii aw* u einh ivi ut s in pit mi vr its an I hi n(y, An,I of llu last order, you may assume (he lln nitim ill, or the iiilemperale man as an example. And again, you may takr, as ail example or the hrst order, tbe worthy man, who neither accuses bimstlf, nor another.

And these, as they arc sometimes willing and able lo follow Jupiter, and sometimes not, make with Jupiier, a triadic division.

• For «»• ex"* 1 !* m *bis place, l reajtii a*, e.n,

1 Conformably to tins Plato elsewhere says, that the genuine philosopher is nourished in truth aril leoure. But al (resent, as true philosophy is not studiid, and there are consequently, no genuine philosopher*, t very man is busily employed about external i oncern*, ur:d no one is al leisure for speculations ol the highest un- l-ertar.te. “ I am too busy, (have not a moment to spare for such thing*,” is the common language of th« htgi, and tbe low, the rich and th« poor.

Additional Notix

4 fil

For the first of souls are not disturbed through their own depravity, but through thr nature nf the subject thin", it hem; sueli as In cause perturbation Hence also, »f may dis*. !vr tin <li nhl whl h «trijuirc*, how it H said, i f " t t ir I'li / n V'i r t nm/ n i"gr</, revolt ri rn ktch, nnd * itv* rr.i the nhnlr r.orld* lor si I ir as the soul luilow * the t..d* p and gives it-elf to them, it is lia) pv Hut souls if the mul.ile clas- mti-l 1 r arranged conform.di v to one who makrs a proficiency, and who accuses linns t ah lie.

\g.t n, v i rn 1 i.itn atlil«, that « nils of the third rank ore ii rrii d tin,’ el in a nerved condition, I r dot’s nut My that tin \ (nil. In t that they arr pierce I, as hemp en¬ slaved hv tie vn lrrce an seditn n ol other power*, hut at the s unr time, arr mnv I* til t< grtl cr ««ith the attendants of the hoi-, through a-piring altrr the Miperrt Irsti il pl.ire And ot divine sold- indri tl, it is *a d, tl it the fire dati. n of tl r Heaven convolves tin’ll, in c*>n»riiuritfe of tluir hem; adapted to ihi», and giving llu lit selves to the ri mil it ion. Hut of souls t t tt r third class it i- said, tl at they are jointly rnn- c( !> Pil, i* hi in; In-rnr aim g hv vnd- nre , tiu v indeed f r tiding m a right lint d progic**i in to gen* rat ion, but at the same lime lie in gf n id irlv 11 tin Ivttl, through their hr m2 Mill carried hv the Hi avert, and the attendants of tlir (intis, just as t e inti unuiahle matter at the sum¬ mit of tl r air, i- s,,J i„ he circularly hurne al ng. Tl r r souls then fore, I rn me in a merged rend turn, Hi rnirr pirnrr of their gcnr'iuigir pmvrr gravitating, and wist ii" in inrr.t/e: fur with tins power the irra¬ tional form i f l:le l* rurinertid When al«o It Is said, that they ttiiip r mi fi eft other. It HUI-t In t be Supptis* i| that tin * US'- Ini t* rrc hut that unr *t.ul ri de.ivuurs to I r I el< rr ann'lirt Tl e sui ertor tl i r* lure, may he s.iul til Il.iuiph (in the suh'Tihll ite Mini, mil the Mih- ordmatr In hi la' k tl r ~upi unr Soul' ol this kind how¬ ever, arr i i.t < (tended In the Intel igtl.lr, hut In k to earh i iher, and Contending with, < t« r ivmir to sui| a*s earh nllier.

llei if, a jf’luil-tition i« j r* diurd in tl rm < (The dia- noct‘( | *n, 1 in ii >;/nr • I anger . It r it is anger w lui h Itspirr* at rr hununr and prrmh urv ; ai d on eifrf'e prrtjn uhon nt the cpHhy tnrlir and genesutrgir | art, wit h all* r« aids pmi (i d' into gt iteration. Hut it is said tu \ v rrtrirve, in (uiitr.i'lntiiK tmn to the d'etre per*) it it nn nj aver ding si n|s, which Plato n entii ns III wlnit tnlluw s Hrri however alnne. in soul'i.f the third rink he Maine- the i hanotrt r, lut-insc it Is the cau*r in t cm of a runlusmti ut tins kid; gust a- he says u I Ik Ui piihlu , lli.il it 1 - inipi ssil |r for the dei o- rmis rnndili"ii ol the city t* he i!i*‘ulveil, will.nut the depravity uf tin mills. You III.IV nl-n .I’-unu’ trulii hence, that llu whole soul i‘r*( ■ tut* .it milling In Plain, tf the (haunterr which is the siiiiuillt i t It, Incomes depraved, and that our pail of the soul Joes not, as

Hie tinus says, descend, but another part abide on high.