Examinations of the Golden Verses: 19. . . . Dispense with moderation, Food to the body, and to the mind repose

The body, being the instrument of the soul, Pythagoras desired that one should take reasonable and necessary care of it in order to hold it always in condition to execute the p. 195 behests of the soul. He regarded its preservation as a part of the purgative virtue. a 195:a Hierocles, Aur. Carm., v. 33. Next: 20. Too much attention or too little shun; for envy thus, to either excess is alike attached