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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![rha clm^ riot of th& Sou^ is pirg d by the hiitia- tiom, and by the In- f^ebiion in¬ to Myfie- ries. That is to fay, bf the Sou! a77dof the Spiri¬ tual Body, tilings that purifie, and render perfeâ: the fpiritUâl Chariot of the reafonable Soul, that difingage it from ti.e Pollutions and from theDiiorder of MaN ter, and that render it fit to converie with pure Spi¬ rits. For what is impure can have no Fellowfhip with what is pure. And as we muft of Neceflity adorn the Soul with Knowledge and with Virtue, that it maybe able to con verfe with the Spirits, that are always indu’d with thofe Qualities; (m) fo We ought to render pure the luminous Body, and to difintangle it from Matter, that it may maintain a Communication with luminous Bodies : For Likèhefs unites all things, whereas Diffimilitude difunites and leparates the things that are thè moil united in re¬ gard to their Place and Situation. This is the due and analogical Meafure which the Pythagoreans have given us of the mpft perfeâ Phil ofo- phy, for the Perfedion of the whole Man ,· for whofo akes Care of the Soul and neg]ed:s the Body, purges not the intire Man ; and on the other hand, he whohe- lieves it fuificient to take Care of the Body, without thinking apply our ielves to the Tntroduftion to what is moil S.acrecf, the moil inward Inipeôlion into the Myileries, which angers to the Dialeiflicks. This is the true Scnfe of this Paiîàge which was very o!'.fcure {m) They pretended that this w^’as done by Purgations, un¬ der which they comprehended Watchings, Fairing, theLuilrs- tion, and a’Ove all the Sacrifices that were made by Firci mbhy. Therefore writes, That our material Ftre, mitiatv'. 'g 2. the Virtue of the Celefiial Fire·, carries away all that is earthly in the Sacrifices, purges all that is offer d, difingages it from the Bands of Matter, and by the Furity of the Nature unites it wth the Gods', and by this means ii frees us from the Chains of Birth and of Generation, renders us like the Gods, and fit to be honour’’d with their FrienJfijip, and raifes to Immateriality our material Nature- This PaiTage may fervc as a Comment on this place ' of Beiides, his wmll worth taking no^dce of, bçrayfè ït affords u« a glimmcriagLight to help us to difcovcr in what manner](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30517102_0428.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
