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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.58.8–I.49.58.9
Ancient Greek
p. 142858.8
Αὐτὴ δὲ πλανᾶται ἐν πάσῃ ἐχομένη ἀπορίᾳ, ἕως ἂν δή τινες χρόνοι γένωνται, ὧν ἐλθόντων ὑπ᾽ ἀνάγκης φέρεται εἰς τὴν αὐτῇ πρέπουσαν οἴκησιν· ἡ δὲ καθαρῶς τε καὶ μετρίως τὸν βίον διεξελθοῦσα καὶ ξυνεμπόρων καὶ ἡγεμόνων θεῶν τυχοῦσα ᾤκησε τὸν αὐτῇ ἑκάστῃ τόπον προσήκοντα.
58.9
Εἰσὶ δὲ πολλοὶ καὶ θαυμαστοὶ τῆς γῆς τόποι· καὶ αὐτὴ οὔτε οἵα οὔτε ὅση δοξάζεται ὑπὸ τῶν περὶ γῆς εἰωθότων λέγειν, ὡς ἐγὼ ὑπό [δέ] τινος πέπεισμαι.
Καὶ ὁ Σιμμίας, Πῶς ταῦτα, ἔφη, λέγεις, ὦ Σώκρατες; περὶ γάρ τοι γῆς καὶ αὐτὸς πολλὰ δὴ ἀκήκοα, οὐ μέντοι ταῦτα ἃ σὲ πείθει· ἡδέως οὖν ⟨ἂν⟩ ἀκούσαιμι.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 142958.8 · Wandering and fitting destinations
“It wanders by itself, gripped by complete helplessness, until certain periods of time have elapsed. When they have passed, it is carried by necessity to the dwelling fitting for it. But the soul that has passed through life purely and moderately, and has obtained gods as fellow travelers and guides, came to dwell in the place appropriate to each such soul.”1712
58.9 · Simmias asks about the earth
“There are many marvelous places in the earth. The earth itself is neither of the kind nor of the size supposed by those accustomed to speak about it, as I have been persuaded by [but] someone.”
And Simmias said, “What do you mean by this, Socrates? I too have heard a great deal about the earth, though not the things that convince you. So I ⟨would⟩ gladly hear them.”1713
Socrates
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