7 JULY 1906, Page 31

The Platonic Conception of Immortality. By R. K. Gaye, M.A.

(Cambridge University Press. 5s. net.)—After a brief statement of the pre-Platonic ideas of life after death (reaching their highest level in Pinder, not to speak of the esoteric doctrine of the Mysteries), Mr. Gaye goes on to analyse the Platonic doctrine as originally set forth and as it was modified in successive dialogues. We would gladly deal with the subject at length; unable to do this, we must be content with referring the student to Mr. Gaye's book. Ho will find chap. 11, "The Degeneration of Souls," especially interesting ; and if the eternal question of the origin of evil disturbs him, he may get as satisfactory an answer as he is likely to find anywhere.