On the planet Venus there are two kinds of people which are of an opposite nature to each other. There are those people who are savage and almost bestial, and there are those who are gentle and humane. Those who are savage and almost bestial appear on the side of the planet that looks in this direction; but those who are gentle and humane appear on the opposite side. It should be recognized however that they appear in these different positions, each according to the state of his life; for the state of life is what determines any appearance of direction or distance.