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... participating the streams of wisdom, which plentifully flowed from the sacred fountain of his wonderful mind. Among these was Sopater the Syrian,4 who was most skilful both in speaking and writing; Eustathius the Cappadocian; and of the ...
... participating the streams of wisdom, which plentifully flowed from the sacred fountain of his wonderful mind. Among these was Sopater the Syrian,4 who was most skilful both in speaking and writing; Eustathius the Cappadocian; and of the ...
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... participate of his erudition. The citizens likewise employed him in all their embassies, and compelled him to unite with them in the administration of public affairs. However, he easily saw the difficulty of complying with the laws of ...
... participate of his erudition. The citizens likewise employed him in all their embassies, and compelled him to unite with them in the administration of public affairs. However, he easily saw the difficulty of complying with the laws of ...
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... participate of friendship. All his auditors likewise having granted that the judgment of the immortals is most valid, he said he would demonstrate to the Crotonians, by the example of Hercules the founder of the colony brought to ...
... participate of friendship. All his auditors likewise having granted that the judgment of the immortals is most valid, he said he would demonstrate to the Crotonians, by the example of Hercules the founder of the colony brought to ...
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... participation of the first and the intelligible essence. But that first essence is the nature of number and reasons [i. e. productive principles,] which pervades through all things, and according to which all these [celestial bodies] ...
... participation of the first and the intelligible essence. But that first essence is the nature of number and reasons [i. e. productive principles,] which pervades through all things, and according to which all these [celestial bodies] ...
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... participate of his dogmas, from the judgment he had formed of them from their life and the modesty of their behaviour, after the quinquennial silence, then became Esoterics, and both heard and saw Pythagoras himself within the veil. For ...
... participate of his dogmas, from the judgment he had formed of them from their life and the modesty of their behaviour, after the quinquennial silence, then became Esoterics, and both heard and saw Pythagoras himself within the veil. For ...
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Abaris abstain according adapted afterwards all-various ancient anger animals Apollo Archytas Aristoxenus asserted associates beautiful become body called cathartic cause celestial CHAPTER Charondas chord conceived concerning conformable consequence considered Crotonians dæmons deliberate choice Democedes Demophilus denominated desire diapason diapente diatessaron disciples disciplines discourse divine dogmas duad endeavoured energies Epimenides erudition especially Eurytus excellent exhorted farther felicity fortitude friendship Gods greatest happened Hence Hippasus honor human Iamblichus impart intellect irrational justice kind laws likewise Metapontum monad multitude nature necessary observed participation passions perfect pertaining Philolaus philosophy Phintias Plato possess precepts principle Proclus produced proper Protreptics prudence purified Pythagoras Pythagoreans ratio reasoning power received requisite respect sacred sake says semitone sentences SENTENCES OF SEXTUS sesquialter sesquitertian signifies similar manner soul sound Stob Stobæus subsists summit Sybaris Symbol symphony Tarentum temperance temple tetractys tetrad things Timycha translation Treatise unfolded virtue whole wisdom worthy