The creator returns to the mixed pot where the World Soul was created, and from the remaining mixture, creates souls equal in number to the stars. Each soul is assigned to a single star, and shown the essence of the entire universe, as well as the predetermined laws of fate.

The initial generation of souls is equally determined for all things. And, through being sown into the organs of time, human beings who fear God are born.

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Timaios (Continued) He then said, and he returned again to the mixing bowl containing the mixture of all souls, and poured into it the remnants of the previous mixture. The method of mixing was in a sense the same, but no longer as pure, being second and third generations. After assembling the whole, he divided the totality into souls equal in number to the stars, and assigned each one to its respective star. And just as if placing them on vehicles, he showed them the nature of the entire cosmos, and informed the souls of the laws of fate that were ordained for them.

Timaios (Continued) The initial creation was established as a single entity for all, and no one is diminished by it. The souls are sown into the appropriate organs at their appointed time, from which the most god-fearing beings emerge. And human nature is twofold, but the superior part will later become the race called "men."