An examination of the essays Bacchus and Anti-Bacchus / by John MacLean.

  • John Maclean
Date:
1841
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    observing, The sayings of other philosophers respecting drunkenness, we have, as far as in our power, mentioned in the foregoing treatise, and let us now consider what were the opinions entertained in regard to it by the in all things great and wise lawgiver; for frequently in his laws he makes mention of wine and of the plant producing the wine, viz. the vine, and some he permits to use it, to others he does not give this indulgence, and to the same persons it is sometimes allowed and sometimes not allowed ;* and he then mentions, as persons belonging to this last named class, the priests, and those who take upon themselves the great vow. And again, speaking of the command given to Aaron and his sons respecting the use of wine and strong drink, he ex- pressly says that the prohibition was limited to the time during which the priests were engaged in the discharge of their sacred functions. 'Ev 5 X£ovty TeVaxrcu <ras i££a£ Xsi<rou£yi'a£ smreXsrv. IIEPI MONAPXIA2. In all this there is no intimation of two kinds of wine and two kinds of strong drink ; the one allowed to be used, and the other not; it is the same wine and the same kind of strong drink. And he further tells us that the ancient Greeks called the art of making wine fjuxivop-sw], the art of producing ■madness, since wine, to those swallowing it immoderately, is the cause of insaneness and folly, p. 183, and yet we perceive that Moses the great lawgiver of the Jews permitted some to use and others not, and yet none to excess. * Ta fxsv tois aXXois si^jjiva ifsgl (xsfir)g, wg oiovrs ^v iv ty rfgo tocuttjs \j<KZ\M7l<ia.pz\) (3'tQ'ku' vuvi 8s £tfitfxs-|/W|X£(3a riva <ru nwra. f^syaXw xa» tfotpw vo(xo$s<nj irsfi aurvjg 8oxs7, *oXXa^ou yag <njs vofxoAsffiag o'/vou xai tou yevvuvTos cpurov <rov oi'vov afJwrs'Xou dia^i^vrirai' xai toTs jasv i^iiivsiv eVi- Tgfaei, <roi£ 5' oux spn-itfi, xai' Toig auTofg JaVi xai pi), x. <r. X. ITEPI M20H2.
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