...Souls?...? ...Yes, Plato rides again
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'The souls are equal to the number of the stars, among which they are distributed one to each star...then mounting them as it were in (soul) chariots (God, the Demiurge) declared to them the Laws of Destiny. They would be awarded a first incarnation, one and the same for all. ' ( However their physical bodies would have passions and sensations that they would have to learn to overcome) ..'and master so as to live in righteousness.' The better souls start as men, the worst as women.
He who lived well would be allowed to journey back to 'his consort star' after death, and 'there lead a happy and congenial life.'
'Neither disease nor poverty are evils.Moral evil is the only real evil, that which we bring upon ourselves.'
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'The souls are equal to the number of the stars, among which they are distributed one to each star...then mounting them as it were in (soul) chariots (God, the Demiurge) declared to them the Laws of Destiny. They would be awarded a first incarnation, one and the same for all. ' ( However their physical bodies would have passions and sensations that they would have to learn to overcome) ..'and master so as to live in righteousness.' The better souls start as men, the worst as women.
He who lived well would be allowed to journey back to 'his consort star' after death, and 'there lead a happy and congenial life.'
'Neither disease nor poverty are evils.Moral evil is the only real evil, that which we bring upon ourselves.'