How are the body and soul connected in the world? According to Timaeus, the creator placed the soul at the center of the body and extended it throughout the whole, then enveloped the body with the soul from the outside.

Thus, this single heaven was born, a being that requires nothing else and can interact with itself and know itself. The universe itself is depicted as a self-sufficient and blissful god.

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Timaios (Continued): In this way, the god considered all aspects of the god that would one day come into being. First, he created a body composed of something smooth and uniform in every respect, equidistant from the center in all directions, and complete as a whole. Next, he placed a soul at the center of this body, extending the soul throughout it, and then enveloped the body with the soul from the outside. And he created only one heaven, rotating circles within circles. This heaven is capable of knowing itself through its own virtue, requires nothing else, and possesses sufficient knowledge and familiarity with itself. For all these reasons, the god brought this heaven into being as a blessed god.