... are a combination of ideas expressed in the places he traveled to (1). Pythagoras preached the soul as being abstract and immortal. A soul is within all living creatures, and therefore all creatures, man or beast deserve to be treated compassionately. The soul was said to pass between lives into ... Plato's Republic, there is a documented dialogue between Socrates and his student Glaucon. Socrates points out that the eating of animals cause one state to go to war with the other. Cattle were considered great wealth, and states would fight with each other to obtain cattle. Meat was value...

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