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Protarchus

Pro. That question does not even deserve an answer.

Socrates

Soc. True; and you will, I fancy, say the same of the earth which is in us living creatures and that which is in the universe, and concerning all the other elements about which I asked a moment ago your answer will be the same. 15

Protarchus

Pro. Yes. Who could answer otherwise without being called a lunatic?

Socrates

Soc. Nobody, I fancy. Now follow the next step. When we see that all the aforesaid elements are gathered together into a unit, do we not call them a body?

Protarchus

Pro. Of course.

Socrates

Soc. Apply the same line of thought to that which we call the universe. It would likewise be a body, being composed of the same elements.

Protarchus

Pro. Quite right. 20

Socrates

Soc. Does our body derive, obtain, and possess from that body, or that body from ours, nourishment and everything else that we mentioned just now?

Protarchus

Pro. That, Socrates, is another question not worth asking.

Socrates

Soc. Well, is this next one worth asking? What will you say to it?

Protarchus

Pro. What is it?

Socrates

Soc. Shall we not say that our body has a soul?

Protarchus

Pro. Clearly we shall.

Socrates

Soc. Where did it get it, Protarchus, unless the body of the universe had a soul, since that body has the same elements as ours, only in every way superior? 5

Protarchus

Pro. Clearly it could get it from no other source.