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
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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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    fkfefi Rampart againfi Ο^ργφοη and Tyranny was the Onion of the Cittz^ens, The fécond Advice was, to preferve an Uty among them]elves \ for Equality never begets Wari and not to endeavour to exceed their Neighbour States in any thingscxcept m Honefly and Jufiice : For, faid he to ^em, TVithout Honefly and keeping oj Faith ^tis impojfible but all Governments will at length be ruin'd: And Juflice is Jo neceffary that nothing can Jubflfl long Without it^ neither in Heav'n^ nor upon Earth» nor in the Shades beloiv· This is the Reafon why The^ mis, the Goddefs of Juflice^ is feated on each Side of the Throne of Jupiter; Nemeiis, or Fengeanccy the Chief Aiinifler of Juflice^ on each Siae of the Throne of Pluto ; and the Law in Cities is on the Throne of the Princes, and in the Seats of the Ma^ giflrates : Jnfomuch that he who violates Juflice^ is guilty and commits an Offence againfl the God of Heaven, againfl the God of Hell, and againfl the Law, which is the Queen of the Earth, and to 7vhich even Princes and Adagiflrates otight to live in Sub· jeElion, And concerning the Execution of Juftice, he told them, that the Judges who wink^ at the Of¬ fences of the wickod, render themfèlves Accomplices ef their Crimes, and would have the Good learn to become like them. The third Advice was, to be fully perfuaded that there can be no greater Misfortune' than Anarchy^ ^Tis impoffible for States to be happy without fome body to rule them ; and when even the Laws of a City or a State ihould not be very good, *tis yet more advantageous to hick by them, than to changé them for others ; unlefs it be by a general Confenr, to fubmit themfelves to better. For adieu the Wel¬ fare of a State when the eftabliih’d Laws are neg- leded, and every one lives as he thinks fit, and be^ comes his own Legiflator, Independancy being the Lois and Dsftruftion of Men· The V