The Nag Hammadi Scriptures – An Excerpt from Platos’s Republic

Coptic version of a portion version of the parable of Socrates in Plato’s Republic (Book 275 BC) on the human soul. Soul compared to three forms. Many Headed-Beast, Lion and Human. Many-Headed Beat is lower passions, Lion for higher passions (courage. Human is reason
The Nag Hammadi Scriptures
Set of early Christianity and Gnostics codices in a jar at the base of the Jabal al-Tarif cliffs, Nag Hammadi in Egypt around C200 AD.
Originally written in Greek and translated into Coptic.
Book: The Nag Hammadi Scriptures
Marvin W. Meyer (Editor), Elaine H. Pagels (Introduction), James M. Robinson (Contributor)