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"[Heraclitus said that,] if happiness consisted in the pleasures of the body, we should call oxen happy whenever they come across bitter vetch to eat."
Heraclitus, Fragments 4?
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"[Those who are asleep I think Heraclitus calls] labourers and co-producers of what happens in the universe."
Heraclitus, Fragments 75
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Proclus Hymn to Aphrodite
We hymn the many-named series of Aphrogeneia
and the great royal source, from which all
immortal winged Erotes have sprung up, of whom
some shoot with noeric arrows at souls, in order that,
having taken the upward-leading goads of desires, 5
these long after seeing the fiery courts of their mother.
Some, because of the evil-averting wishes and providential acts
of the Father, wishing to increase the infinite universe with birth,
aroused in the souls a yearning for the earthly existence.
Others again always supervise the multifarious 10
courses of the wedding songs, so as to produce an
immortal race of much-suffering men from mortal stock;
and all care for the works of the love-producing Kythereia.
But, goddess, for you have a far-hearing ear everywhere,
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where, as they say, you are the divine soul of the everlasting cosmos,
or dwell in the aether above the rims of the seven orbits
while pouring unyielding powers forward into your series,
listen, and may you steer the toilsome course of my life,
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while putting an end to the chilly impulse of unholy desires.
Recommended reading for the next week:
The Allegory of the Cave v
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You can find recommended reading here:
t.me/classicalpolytheism/112…
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“Do not neglect the health of your body;
but give it drink, food, and exercise in due measure.”
The Golden Verses of the Pythagoreans 32–33
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“Quae nocitura tenes, quamuis sint cara, relinque:
Utilitas opibus praeponi tempore debet.
Gear that may harm forgo, however dear:
Wealth yields to usefulness in time of fear.”
Cato, Distichs I.6
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“Si uitam inspicias hominum, si denique mores,
Cum culpant alios: nemo sine crimine uiuit.
Test but the life and ways of them who blame
Their fellows; all, you’ll find, have faults the same.”
Cato, Distichs I.5
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“Sperne repugnando tibi tu contrarius esse:
Conueniet nulli, qui secum dissidet ipse.
Avoid the clash of inconsistency:
Who fights with self, with no one will agree.”
Cato, Distichs I.4
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“Uirtutem primam esse puto, conpescere linguam:
Proximus ille deo est, qui scit ratione tacere.
To rule the tongue I reckon virtue’s height:
He’s nearest God who can be dumb aright.”
Cato, Distichs I.3
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"Plus uigila semper neu somno deditus esto;
Nam diuturna quies uitiis alimenta ministrat.
Watch always more: sleep must not thee entice:
Prolonged inaction serves up food for vice."
Cato, Distichs I.2
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Si deus est animus, nobis ut carmina dicunt,
hic tibi praecipue sit pura mente colendus.
If god is spirit, as the songs say to us,
this one (i.e. god) must be worshipped by you with a pure mind.
Cato, Distichs I.1
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XXVII. Orphic hymn to Mercury [Hermes]
The Fumigation from Frankincense.
Hermes, draw near, and to my pray’r incline, angel of Jove [Zeus], and Maia’s son divine;
Studious of contests, ruler of mankind, with heart almighty, and a prudent mind.
Celestial messenger, of various skill, whose pow’rful arts could watchful Argus kill:
With winged feet, ’tis thine thro’ air to course, O friend of man, and prophet of discourse:
Great life-supporter, to rejoice is thine, in arts gymnastic, and in fraud divine:
With pow’r endu’d all language to explain, of care the loos’ner, and the source of gain.
Whose hand contains of blameless peace the rod, Corucian, blessed, profitable God;
Of various speech, whose aid in works we find, and in necessities to mortals kind:
Dire weapon of the tongue, which men revere, be present, Hermes, and thy suppliant hear;
Assist my works, conclude my life with peace, give graceful speech, and me memory’s increase.
Recommended reading for the next week:
Introduction iii
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“First of all, then, show devotion to the gods, not merely by doing sacrifice, but also by keeping your vows; for the former is but evidence of a material prosperity, whereas the latter is proof of a noble character. Do honor to the divine power at all times, but especially on occasions of public worship; for thus you will have the reputation both of sacrificing to the gods and of abiding by the laws.” The Orations of Isocrates, To Demonicus 14
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Selections from Aristotle’s treatise on household management, part 5.
“First, then, there are certain laws to be observed towards a wife, including the avoidance of doing her any wrong; for thus a man is less likely himself to be wronged. This is inculcated by the general law, as the Pythagoreans say, that one least of all should injure a wife as being 'a suppliant and seated at the hearth.' Now wrong inflicted by a husband is the formation of connexions outside his own house. As regards sexual intercourse, a man ought not to accustom himself not to need it at all nor to be unable to rest when it is lacking, but so as to be content with or without it. The saying of Hesiod is a good one :
A man should marry a maiden, that habits discreet he may teach her.
For dissimilarity of habits tends more than anything to destroy affection. As regards adornment, husband and wife ought not to approach one another with false affection in their person any more than in their manners; for if the society of husband and wife requires such embellishment, it is no better than play-acting on the tragic stage.”
Aristotle, Economics Book I Chapter 4 (1344a9-22)
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νεὼς θεοῦ σοφὸς νοῦς.
A wise mind is a temple of god.
ΑΙ ΓΝΩΜΑΙ ΤΩΝ ΠΥΘΑΓΟΡΕΙΩΝ 66a
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Platonic philosophy was the vessel that carried paganism to us from the ancients.
"For, with respect to this type of philosophy, I should say, that it came to men for the benefit of terrestrial souls; that it might be instead of statues, instead of temples, instead of the whole of sacred institutions, and the leader of safety both to the men that now are, and to those that shall exist hereafter."
Proclus, Commentary on Plato's Parmenides 618
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Selections from Aristotle’s treatise on household management, part 4.
“For they are distinguished in that the powers which they possess are not applicable to purposes in all cases identical, but in some respects their functions are opposed to one another though they all tend to the same end. For nature has made the one sex stronger, the other weaker, that the latter through fear may be the more cautious, while the former by its courage is better able to ward off attacks; and that the one may acquire possessions outside the house, the other preserve those within. In the performance of work, she made one sex able to lead a sedentary life and not strong enough to endure exposure, the other less adapted for quiet pursuits but well constituted for outdoor activities; and in relation to offspring she has made both share in the procreation of children, but each render its peculiar service towards them, the woman by nurturing, the man by educating them.”
Aristotle, Economics Book I Chapter 3 (1343b26-1344a8)
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Iamblichus, 1500 years ago, explicitly telling us that yes it is possible to reconstruct damaged traditions:
"For all these reasons, then, let us call upon the gods as our leaders, entrust both ourselves and our discourse to them, and follow wherever they may lead. We should not be deterred by the fact that this school has long been neglected; that it has been hidden beneath estranged teachings and certain secret symbols; that it has been overshadowed by many false and spurious writings; and that it has been obstructed by many other difficulties of the same kind. The will of the gods is enough for us, and with it one can endure difficulties even more perplexing than these."
- Book 1 of On the Pythagorean Life; Literally the first thing he says in the book that he gave his students to read first of all.
I highly advise you to save this quote for future use when arguing with those guys who say "but your line of transmission is broken bro, just become a sufi bro"
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Selections from Aristotle’s treatise on household management, part 3.
“And the production of children is not only a way of serving nature but also of securing a real advantage; for the trouble which parents bestow upon their helpless children when they are themselves vigorous is repaid to them in old age when they are helpless by their children, who are then in their full vigour. At the same time also nature thus periodically provides for the perpetuation of mankind as a species, since she cannot do so individually. Thus the nature both of the man and of the woman has been preordained by the will of heaven to live a common life.”
Aristotle, Economics Book I Chapter 3 (1343b20-26)
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