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1513 | The Egyptians were the first to say the soul is immortal and reincarnated |
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. | |||
From: Herodotus (The Histories [c.435 BCE], 2.123.2) |