Reincarnation and the Law of KarmaTheosophy / New ThoughtMystical / EsotericEnglishShareReincarnation and the Law of Karma 19Project Gutenberg #26364 - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableProject Gutenberg #26364LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 1Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 2Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 3Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 4Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 5Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 6Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 7Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 8Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 9Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 10Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 11Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 12Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 15Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 17Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 19Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 20Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 22Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 24Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 25Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 27Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 28Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 30Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 32Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 34Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 36Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 38Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 39Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 41Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 44Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 16Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 52Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 53Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 54Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 55Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 56Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 57Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 58Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 60Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 61›The Romans And Greeks.Reincarnation and the Law of Karma 19ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1One unfamiliar with the subject would naturally expect to find the Ancient Romans well advanced along the lines of philosophy, religion, and spiritual speculation, judging from the all-powerful influence exerted by them over the affairs of the whole known world. Particularly when one considers the relationship with and connection of Rome with ancient Greece, it would seem that the two peoples must have had much in common in the world of thought. But such is not the case. Although the exoteric religions of the Romans resembled that of the Greeks, from whom it was borrowed or inherited, there was little or no original thought along metaphysics, religion or philosophy among the Romans. This was probably due to the fact that the whole tendency of Rome was toward material advancement and attainment, little or no attention being given to matters concerning the soul, future life, etc. Some few of the philosophers of Rome advanced theories regarding the future state, but beyond a vague sort of ancestor worship the masses of the people took but little interest in the subject. Cicero, it is true, uttered words which indicate a belief in immortality, when he said in "Scipio's Dream": "Know that it is not thou, but thy body alone, which is mortal. The individual in his entirety resides in the soul, and not in the outward form. Learn, then, that thou art a god; 2thou, the immortal intelligence which gives movements to a perishable body, just as the eternal God animates an incorruptible body." Pliny the younger left writings which seem to indicate his belief in the reality of phantoms, and Ovid has written verses which would indicate his recognition of a ‹Previous chapterReincarnation and the Law of Karma 17Next chapterReincarnation and the Law of Karma 20›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public domain in the USA