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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    44 in the sumptuousness of his expence, surpasses temples and palaces. For let nothing private be more magnificent and venerable than things of a public nature. Let him who is a slave to wealth and money be despised, as one who is pusillanimous and illiberal, and is astonished by sumptuous pos¬ sessions, and let him be considered as one who leads a tragical life, and whose soul is vile. For he who is magnanimous foresees with him¬ self all human concerns, and is not disturbed by any thing of this kind [whether prosperous or adverse], when it accedes. Let no one speak obscenely, in order that he may not in his thoughts approach to base deeds, and that he may not fill his soul with impudence and defilement. For we call things which are decorous and lovely, by their proper names, and by those appellations which are established by law. But we abstain from nam¬ ing things to which we are hostile, on account of their baseness. Let it also be considered as base, to speak of a base thing. Let every one dearly love his lawful wife, and beget children from her. But let no one emit the seed of his children* into any other person; nor let him illegally consume that * i. e. The seed which pertains to the propagation of his children.