Reincarnation in Western Thought and Plato's View
A reader asks about reincarnation in western writing. The column traces origins to ancient Egypt and Eleusinian mysteries, then notes Greek influence especially in Plato. It contrasts reincarnation with Judaeo Christian resurrection and explains the soul’s purification through successive lives as depicted by Plato.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Adler
Mia Farrow
Vogue Magazine
Mrs. Swain
Herodotus
Egypt
Tristan
Iseult
Europe
Plato
Mortimer J. Adler
The
Daily Review
P.O. Box
Hayward Calif
TRY And STOP Me Try And Stop Me By Bennett Cerf
A humorous item features Bennett Cerf at Harvard delaying a Keats talk with aides and jokes about a saloonless Election Day town in Indiana. Quick quips recall cracked weather and a line about a million aire amid Hollywood gossip and quickies from Coots and Sandburg.
Embarcadero Waterfront Transforms With New Center West
San Francisco area notes the Embarcadero's shift from a vice ridden waterfront to a modern district. Tall office and entertainment complexes rise near the water, with the Embarcadero Center hailed as a major privately financed renewal led by the Rockefeller family. Telegraph Hill and Fisherman’s Wharf overlook the changes as historic buildings become trendy venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Schreibman
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Yerba Buena Cove
San Francisco Embarcadero
Shanghai
Canton
Hara
Embarcadero
Johnny Devine
Golden Gate
Australia
Gilbny
Rivas
George Fraser
North Beach
Newl
Embarcadero Center
David Rockefeller
Rockefeller Center West
Rockefeller
West
Conversil
Telegraph Hill
Fisherman's ‘Wharf
Waerfront
Cammy
Att Ald Chocolate Factory
Ghirardelli
Novel Plan For Work In The Ghettos Of Bay Area
A Bay Area group calling itself the National Service Foundation seeks 5 million dollars and 1,000 youths for a civilian service pilot program aimed at proving national service can substitute for military drafts. Leaders urge deferments for youth working in ghetto programs as they push for draft exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortimer. Adler
Columbia University
Adler
Robot M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
Great Books Foundation
Chicago
Bay Area
Stanford
Calif
Negra
G Roup
National Service Founda
Finn
Harry J Rathbun
Stanford University
Ratbhun
Donald Fitton
Pilat
San Francisco
Ghettal
Founda Lion
iLon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sandy Swain
Columbus, Ohio
By Bennett Cerf
Harvard
Keats
Brooklyn
Leutenant
Herb Shriner
Herb
J. Fred Coots
Carl Sandburg
Hollywood
F. Embarcadero
Shanghai Chicken
South San
Francisco
Eraph Hill
He Center
Boas
Marth
Garden Gateway Center
Alcoa
USDA
Usda Choice
BEEF
Barbeque Sec
STEA
Rete Clase
Serna Pers Eel Nga
Bennett
Casa Tay
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