[182] Concerning Abstinence; Book 2.
[183] Egyptian Mysteries, Book 4, chap. 4.
[184] Here, reincarnation is meant.
[185] This philosopher was surnamed Peisithanatos (the death-persuader).
[186] Vie de Pythagore, vol. I, p. 28.
[187] Hist. de l'Ec. a'Alex., vol. I, p 588.
[188] In this work, he says:
"The winged tribe, that has feathers instead of hair, is formed of innocent but superficial human beings, pompous and frivolous in speech, who, in their simplicity, imagine that the sense of vision is the best judge of the existence of things. Those who take no interest whatever in philosophy become four-footed animals and wild beasts...."
[189] Commentaries on the Golden Verses of Pythagoras.
[190] Hermes, Commentaries of Chalcidius on the Timæus.