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Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter VII: The Blessedness of the Martyr. (15)
"For on account of the body are many toils, For it we have invented a roofed house, And discovered how to dig up silver, and sow the land, And all the rest which we know by names."
Asclepius
Section VIII (3)
By mortal things I do not mean the water or the earth [themselves], for these are two of the [immortal] elements that nature hath made subject unto me...
Asclepius
Section XXII (2)
Give ear, accordingly! When God, [our] Sire and Lord, made man, after the Gods, out of an equal mixture of a less pure cosmic part and a divine,—it [n...
Asclepius
Section XI (3)
And to these parts [are added other] four;—of sense, and soul, of memory, and foresight, by means of which he may become acquainted with the rest of t...
Book of Enoch
Chapter XCVII (9)
And now let us do what we purposed: For we have gathered silver, 9d And many are the husbandmen in our houses." 9e And our granaries are (brim) full a...
Life of Pythagoras
FROM POLUS, IN HIS TREATISE ON JUSTICE. (4)
For he is able to contemplate the things which exist, and to obtain from all things science and wisdom. To which also it may be added, that divinity h...
Asclepius
Section VI (3)
Of all these genera, those [species] which are animal have [many] roots, which stretch from the above below, whereas those which are stationary...
Divine Comedy
Inferno: Canto XI (5)
"Philosophy," he said, "to him who heeds it, Noteth, not only in one place alone, After what manner Nature takes her course From Intellect Divine,...
Time and Celestial Bodies (45a)
Timaeus: to serve as instruments of transport, so that grasping with these and' supported thereon it was enabled to travel through all places,...
Authoritative Teaching
Authoritative Teaching (11)
Our hearts are set on the things that exist, though we are ill (and) feeble (and) in pain. But there is a great strength hidden within us.
Secret Teachings of All Ages
The Life and Teachings of Thoth Hermes Trismegistus (37)
"And when God had said this, Providence, with the aid of the Seven Governors and Harmony, brought the sexes together, making the mixtures and...
Asclepius
Section VI (1)
It is for reasons such as these, Asclepius, man is a mighty wonder,—an animal meet for our worship and for our respect. For he doth pass into God’s...
Corpus Hermeticum
3. The Sacred Sermon (3)
Thus there arose four-footed beasts, and creeping things, and those that in the water dwell, and things with wings, and everything that beareth seed, ...
Physiology and Human Nature (76d)
Timaeus: providing a sufficient shade and screen alike in summer and in winter, while proving no obstacle in the way of easy perception. And at the...
Chaldean Oracles
Father. Mind. Fire. (18)
After the Paternal Conception I the Soul reside, a heat animating all things. . . . . For he placed The Intelligible in the Soul, and the Soul in dull...
Asclepius
Section XVI (2)
For he who shall on sight have turned from them, before he hath become immeshed in them,—he is a man protected by divine intelligence and [godly] prud...
Corpus Hermeticum
10. The Key (25)
And greater thing than all; without e'en quitting earth, he doth ascend above. So vast a sweep doth he possess of ecstasy. For this cause can a man da...
The Masnavi
The Vakil of the Prince of Bokhara (132-141)
It says, "O parts of my habitation here below, My absence is sadder than yours, as I am heaven-born. The body loves green pastures and running water, ...
Time and Celestial Bodies (44e)
Timaeus: In order, then, that it should not go rolling upon the earth, which has all manner of heights and hollows, and be at a loss how to climb...
Asclepius
Section XXII (3)
As for the Gods, in as much as they had been made of Nature’s fairest part, and have no need of the supports of reason and of discipline, —although,...
Divine Comedy
Paradiso: Canto VIII (5)
The Good which all the realm thou art ascending Turns and contents, maketh its providence To be a power within these bodies vast; And not alone the...
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