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Ideas of Herodotus, by Text
[Greek, c.484 - 428 BCE, Based in Athens, after much travel. Known as the 'Father of History'.]
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2.123.2
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p.96
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The Egyptians were the first to say the soul is immortal and reincarnated
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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.
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From:
Herodotus (The Histories [c.435 BCE], 2.123.2)
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