Political fragments of Archytas, Charondas, Zaleucus, and other ancient Pythagoreans, preserved by Stobaeus; and also, ethical fragments of Hierocles ... preserved by the same author / Translated from the Greek. By Thomas Taylor.

  • Thomas Taylor
Date:
1822
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Credit: Political fragments of Archytas, Charondas, Zaleucus, and other ancient Pythagoreans, preserved by Stobaeus; and also, ethical fragments of Hierocles ... preserved by the same author / Translated from the Greek. By Thomas Taylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    both in body and soul, all meat and drink will appear to be agreeable; and a bed composed of leaves will be pleasant; but to him who has deliberately chosen a luxurious and ritic life, even the apparatus of the great [or Per¬ sian] king would not be sufficiently pleasing. Hence it is necessary that the manners and pursuits of the citizens should be deeply tinc¬ tured with law: for this will cause them to be sufficient to themselves, and will be the means of distributing to each of them that which is due to him according to his desert. For thus, also, the sun, moving in a circle through the zodiac, distributes to every thing on the earth generation, nutriment, and an appropriate por¬ tion of life; administering, as if it were equi¬ table legislation, the excellent temperature of the seasons. Hence, too, Jupiter is called Nomios, or legal; and Nemeios, or the distri¬ butor. He, likewise, who distributes nutriment to sheep, is called Nomeus, or a shepherd; and the songs of harpers are denominated JSomai. For these properly dispose the parts of the soul by harmony, rhythms, and measures.