The life of Pythagoras, with his Symbols and Golden verses. Together with the life of Hierocles, and his commentaries upon the verses / Collected out of the choicest manuscripts, and translated into French, with annotations. By M. Dacier. Now done into English. The Golden verses translated from the Greek by N. Rowe, esq.
- André Dacier
- Date:
- 1707
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The life of Pythagoras, with his Symbols and Golden verses. Together with the life of Hierocles, and his commentaries upon the verses / Collected out of the choicest manuscripts, and translated into French, with annotations. By M. Dacier. Now done into English. The Golden verses translated from the Greek by N. Rowe, esq. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ilianity fo egregrioufly triumph’d over Ignorance and Error, yet obftinately ihut his Eyes againft that Divine Light, in his Explication upon the three firft Verfts of Pyt^agsras, where he divides rational Beings into Immortal Godsy HeroeSy and Terreflrial Demons» a- feribing to the Angelick Nature the Name of Heroe» he may be thought to contradid: the Dodrine of the old Philofophers, who did not term the An¬ gels Heroes, · but call’d thofe Perfons fo, who had been confecrated after their Deceafe ; witnefs thefe Infcriptions upon their Medals, Héros Antinous i Héros Eurjpulus : Witnefs likewifc thofe Temples call’d HeroUy which were built to the Honour of fuch Men as after their Deaths were number’d a- mong their Gods ,* for thefe are the three Degrees, the Gods y the Demons, and Heroes» But this Ob» jedion will prove to be» of no Weight, when we coniider, that iinee the Ancients divided into ie- veral Sorts the rational Beings> which they plac’d in a middle Station between Gods and Men, and call’d indifferently Angels, Demons, or Heroes ; the Author of thefe Verfes might upon good Grounds çall thofe of the firiî: Degree Heroes^ as Hier odes arfiircs us they ufually did. Others, faith he, 4- firibe to this middle Sort only one of thefe three JSiames, calling ^em Angels^ Demons or Heroes, for the Reafons we mention'd before, A ima]^ Refledion upon the Neceflity of Reli^ gion, and the Corruption of our Nature, will ierve to fhow us plainly how ready Men have been to abufc the Means God has afforded ’em to know him, and to teach us, that Idolatry is no other than the Shadow of Religion. God had manifefted his Glory in the Heavens, and imprinted fuch Perfedions on all his Works, as are iufficient to convince Mankind that there is ^ Superior Being infinite in Power and Goodneis,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30517102_0028.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
