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Single Idea 1513

[filed under theme 29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality ]

Full Idea

The Egyptians were the first to claim that the soul of a human being is immortal, and that each time the body dies the soul enters another creature just as it is being born.

Gist of Idea

The Egyptians were the first to say the soul is immortal and reincarnated

Source

Herodotus (The Histories [c.435 BCE], 2.123.2)

Book Ref

'The First Philosophers', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 2000], p.96