Thesoul，Isaid，being，asisnowproven，immortal，mustbethefairestofcompositionsandcannotbecompoundedofmanyelements？
Certainlynot。
Herimmortalityisdemonstratedbythepreviousargument，andtherearemanyotherproofs；buttoseeherasshereallyis，notaswenowbeholdher，marredbycommunionwiththebodyandothermiseries，youmustcontemplateherwiththeeyeofreason，inheroriginalpurity；andthenherbeautywillberevealed，andjusticeandinjusticeandallthethingswhichwehavedescribedwillbemanifestedmoreclearly。Thusfar，wehavespokenthetruthconcerningherassheappearsatpresent，butwemustrememberalsothatwehaveseenheronlyinaconditionwhichmaybecomparedtothatofthesea—godGlaucus，whoseoriginalimagecanhardlybediscernedbecausehisnaturalmembersarebrokenoffandcrushedanddamagedbythewavesinallsortsofways，andincrustationshavegrownoverthemofseaweedandshellsandstones，sothatheismorelikesomemonsterthanheistohisownnaturalform。Andthesoulwhichwebeholdisinasimilarcondition，disfiguredbytenthousandills。Butnotthere，Glaucon，nottheremustwelook。
Wherethen？
Atherloveofwisdom。Letusseewhomsheaffects，andwhatsocietyandconversesheseeksinvirtueofhernearkindredwiththeimmortalandeternalanddivine；alsohowdifferentshewouldbecomeifwhollyfollowingthissuperiorprinciple，andbornebyadivineimpulseoutoftheoceaninwhichshenowis，anddisengagedfromthestonesandshellsandthingsofearthandrockwhichinwildvarietyspringuparoundherbecauseshefeedsuponearth，andisovergrownbythegoodthingsofthislifeastheyaretermed：thenyouwouldseeherassheis，andknowwhethershehasoneshapeonlyormany，orwhathernatureis。OfheraffectionsandoftheformswhichshetakesinthispresentlifeIthinkthatwehavenowsaidenough。