Plato, Laws 896c

εἰρηκότες ἂν εἶμεν ψυχὴν μὲν προτέραν γεγονέναι σώματος ἡμῖν, σῶμα δὲ δεύτερόν τε καὶ ὕστερον, ψυχῆς ἀρχούσης, ἀρχόμενον κατὰ φύσιν. ἀληθέστατα μὲν οὖν. μεμνήμεθά γε μὴν ὁμολογήσαντες ἐν τοῖς πρόσθεν ὡς, εἰ ψυχὴ φανείη πρεσβυτέρα σώματος οὖσα, καὶ τὰ ψυχῆς τῶν τοῦ σώματος ἔσοιτο πρεσβύτερα. πάνυ μὲν οὖν. τρόποι δὲ καὶ ἤθη καὶ βουλήσεις καὶ λογισμοὶ καὶ

to say that we find soul to be prior to body, and body secondary and posterior, soul governing and body being governed according to the ordinance of nature. Yes, most veracious. We recollect, of course, that we previously agreed that if soul could be shown to be older than body, then the things of soul also will be older than those of body. Certainly we do.