FIN
'Hear the word of Lachesis, the daughter of Necessity. Mortal souls, behold a new cycle of life and mortality. Your genius will not be allotted to you, but you choose your genius; and let him who draws the first lot have the first choice, and the life which he chooses shall be his destiny. Virtue is free, and as a man honours or dishonours her he will have more or less of her; the responsibility is with the chooser --God is justified.'
The Republic, Book 10
The Republic, Book 10
[The] "tale has been saved and has not perished, and will save us if we are obedient to the word spoken.... and our soul will not be defiled. ... considering that the soul is immortal and able to endure every sort of good and every sort of evil.... And it shall be well with us both in this life and in the pilgrimage of a thousand years which we have been describing."
The Republic, Book 10
The Republic, Book 10