theogonists

Updated: May 13, 2025

Hence the physics of Plato have a theological character are mathematical rather than experimental. The psychology represents the body as the prison of the soul, somewhat after the spirit of oriental theogonists, and the aim of virtue is to preserve the distinctness of both, and realize liberty in bonds. The doctrine of preexistence is maintained, as well as a future state.

John Lord - The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.