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The Golden Verses of Pythagoras (Fabre d'Olivet)
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Contents
- Translator’s Foreword
- Discourse Upon the Essence and Form of Poetry: § I
- Discourse Upon the Essence and Form of Poetry: § II
- Discourse Upon the Essence and Form of Poetry: § III
- Discourse Upon the Essence and Form of Poetry: § IV
- Discourse Upon the Essence and Form of Poetry: § V
- Discourse Upon the Essence and Form of Poetry: § VI
- Discourse Upon the Essence and Form of Poetry: § VII
- The Golden Verses of Pythagoras
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 1. The Golden Verses of the Pythagoreans
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 2. Render to the Immortal Gods the Consecrated Cult; Guard Then Thy Faith
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 3. Revere the Memory of the Illustrious Heroes, of Spirits Demi-Gods
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 4. Be a Good Son, Just Brother, Spouse Tender, and Good Father
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 5. Choose For Thy Friend, the Friend of Virtue
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: If Thou Canst at Least: For A Most Rigid Law Binds Power To Necessity
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 7. Still it is Given Thee to Fight and Overcome Thy Foolish Passions: Learn Thou to Subdue T
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 8. Be Sober, Diligent, and Chaste; Avoid All Wrath
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 9. Speak Not Nor Act Before Thou Hast Reflected; Be Just
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 10. Remember That a Power Invincible Ordains to Die
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 11. That riches and the honours Easily acquired, are easy thus to lose
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 12. As to the evils which Destiny involves
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 13. Even as Truth, does Error have its lovers
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 14. Keep closed both eye and ear ’gainst prejudice
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 15. Consult, Deliberate, and Freely Choose
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 16. Let fools act aimlessly and without cause, Thou shouldst, in the present, contemplate th
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 17. That which thou dost not know, pretend not that thou dost. Instruct thyself: for time an
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 18. Neglect not thy health
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 19. . . . Dispense with moderation, Food to the body, and to the mind repose
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 20. Too much attention or too little shun; for envy thus, to either excess is alike attached
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 21. Luxury and avarice have similar results. One must choose in all things a mean just and g
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 22. What have I omitted, and what done?
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 23. Abstain thou if ‘tis evil; persevere if good
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 24. Meditate Upon My Counsels, Love Them; Follow Them: to the Divine Virtues Will They Know
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 25. The sacred Tetrad
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 26. Invoke these Gods with fervour
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 27. Know the Principle and End of All
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 28. If Heaven Wills It, Thou Shalt Know That Nature, Alike in Everything, Is the Same in Eve
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 29. Thine Heart Shall No More Feed On Vain Desires
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 30. The Evils Which Devour Men Are of Their Choice the Fruit
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 31. Unfortunates Seek Afar the Goodness Whose Source Within They Bear
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 32. For few know happiness
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 33. God! Thou Couldst Save Them by Opening Their Eyes
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 34. But No: ’Tis For the Humans of a Race Divine, to Discern Error, and to See the Truth
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 35. Nature serves them
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 36. Letting Intelligence O’er Thy Body Reign
- Examinations of the Golden Verses: 37. Thou Shalt Be Thyself A God
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