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 middle rank ; al one lmu hi mg i situtk tl !•> i onleinplatioii, lilitl at an thi r ag.iin, In mg culivr ted to, and airaiiging 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 luipass 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 knowledge 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 si 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 unl-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.
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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 enslaved 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 rnnc( !> 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 summit 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 irrational 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 Mihordmatr In hi la' k tl r ~upi unr Soul' ol this kind however, 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 dianoct‘( | *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 ormis 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.
Again, with respect to the lameneii of these souls, this becomes known from the motion of tho«r per' ns that arc lame. Fur thc*r prewri 1 slowly, and inelegantly, and arc in danger of falling Thus therefore, these M tils aHo, art more dull and inelegant in their intellectual conceptions, anil arc always in danger of In mg draw n d iw it into gi tu ration Hence. Plato assimilates their intellections tu the walking of those that arr lame; 'inrr walking is adapted (is an image] to tin ir transitive tnteliigt nee. 1 Il is hkrwisc I rautiliilly < 1 served hv him, that many uf thc»r souls break their wings, fur he does nut sav they (i.froy them, •'rcauje the soul ncier loses its anagoge? power; hut its energies indeed I econie 'luggi'h, and in tins rrsject, may
I e said to perish, hut the power remains lm ken Farther 'till, wt tnav derive an ( x) lanaUi n of what is hete said, Ir. til winged animals. Inr if anyone ofthe-e treukl its wings, it IS for a sl ort time ra s*d or high, through thr wingi d niturc winch It possesses, but is again drawn downward. liiev de/art therefore, he -av*, drdl'.nte nf the pet er ft ion i; I rrah'y, t. e. they P.y to that » l icit i' without (>i d, mil dark.
IIrav i ns’ * sties stray mg fr> ni the orh of light,
[as Fti.petlodrs s;iy-] Hut lhey drpirt deititulr, or in pet fret i r uniml'n’ril I or the visu it of InlrlltgiMes is trnlv initiation. 1 hey likrw t'C use dor<n''< vutnrml, j. r tliev exert tl e re ison* or forms of-ensih r*, ai.d live arc (.[ding In these, no longer surveying lulelligiLles, but sei 'il !e-
I irther still, in the w rd*. thronph trhu h there II I grteit endren nr, Ac. la delMersth.it win h is Common to the tlire < cirdi t* ot m.uIs, as w* Il of 11 1 ns e l hat obtain flic v i*nm of IIHt lllgihlrs, as of tin *e til it d l lint. Si tb it the an*wrr to tho*c «bo enquire, «by therefore, do all soul' tin* rndr.iMitir and wr.iry tlictn** Ivc* to i lit mi ll i* vision is, ll at ill of tl mi dr*ir< ( • | ( ree ve ft.il I ring* Hut hv the riu/f WCid adapted to that o A*c4
II hit in t ! if ( it il, lie mr in* |I it whiiti 1 * ail Ipted to tl e lute.let t ll I ■ rt ol tl ( -onl, lor tin* is alone appro) rtatelv in urtsl tdby th> u.ti lugil h . Hu* t 'ie w mg of the «m I, w I. cli i- the anag gic powi rtf i>, ia not rpt roprwtehs, but alone niiimlieil hy the intelligilde, and Iiv nothing *l-e. And the mend w is the prolific powerof fi rm*. Tb meadow alsomav he-aid to bethe Ni_ht* lor there the liuii.nun* of life are contained. Tli:u how* si r. i* another me idow w I uh t* in< ntioned in the 10th H ok o tm He pul Ik, in w Inrii souls alu-ut to pr .c< rd ii to gem lalu.n dwe'l f r a tune. And th s Inradow is the hiuitnou* .ippearam r hfaetia, winch Is under th< mo II. I lie mead' w in the Hi j ublic however, t* analogous In that aim Ii is lure mentioned.
1 <>r in thr li uiirr, the print tple- of nature, and o’ the itlc in generali' n, ate to'iipichtnded.”
1 For twrfhjirii here, it is obviously necessary to read roirrtc hm, rUt.
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Vol. I. P. «. At the bottom, for “ I'hroufh thru,’’ read, Hence.
P. If. For “ tuilof the bran," re.ul, l ull on the bra».
1 ttF* In the Note, for 11 Arc the Jntroduet ujh to tint /Vdiui 4 toa, H read See Use Introduction to the first edition ol my 1 rantUtion of Ariatotle'a Metaphyncr, and my Disaertation on tha Philoaophy of Ariitotle.
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