If the transmigration of a soul takes place into a rational being, it simply becomes the soul of that body. But if the soul migrates into a brute beast, it follows the body outside, as a guardian spirit follows a man. For there could never be a rational soul in an irrational being.
Thomas Taylor's approval notwithstanding, I'm not sure I understand what the relevance of this is. (Why should the spatial location of a spiritual body matter at all, let alone enough to raise the point in such a short work?) Does anybody know why Sallustius emphasizes it?
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Date: 2022-03-16 01:12 pm (UTC)Thomas Taylor's approval notwithstanding, I'm not sure I understand what the relevance of this is. (Why should the spatial location of a spiritual body matter at all, let alone enough to raise the point in such a short work?) Does anybody know why Sallustius emphasizes it?