the intellect of it. according to which tha aoul especial¬ ly becoinrs inieih-clual, and which Some call intellect
incapuiiy. Ihrielsal-o anointr thing aimer thia w hie h is the -iiiniint of the whole soul, niitl most allied to tlt( one. w i.li likewise wishes well to all thing-,and always gives Itself up to the Cod-, and is readily di-pu-ed !>> do whatever they please. This l-.o, is sanl to he- the one ol the soul, bears the iuw-e I I the super e-scntial one, a .1 unit. - toe wh- le - ol 7|. Uol ll.at these things necessarily tint- -uhsi-t, we may ii aru as t dl ws. i lie rational sold rh lives Ms « xist- e m e Ir in ail the eau-es 4 >nor to itsi it, 1 1 tnuii mlrl- h 1 1 and 1 lie Cmls. Hut it -ul si-is ,d-o I „ui itself- lurnptrle.ts itself, ho far therefore, as it -uhsi-is Iruiu the fm’s, it posse-si s the one, which unites all its | wer , .in I a I 1 lie iiiiilutuile ol iis t ll, and iunjoins llie 111 to the one 1 Uelj, and is tin first lecipn iil ol the goods iiiipaiti d hy toe Hod-. It liki-sivi makes all tl.i ts-elie’e ol liie -onl to be bolillniui, ac . ordlllg to wl.nh It IS Connected with the (.oil-, and united to •belli. Hit so far as it imb-i-t- Iroin intellect, it possesses an uiielk ctual iiatun , a. t old ug to winch It :i| prehrnds t no-, hy -miplc pr> jer l|..;i-, or intui- ti ms, mid Hut ih-euisivi lv . and s 1 nit) mid to the inti i Ire c w tin Ii is ahov e il ill. And s 11 fir as it con- fcUtutis 11 si If, it puisc-scx the ill iiiov'tir | uwi r, seeord- Uig to winch it gem tales stirnc-s, and Cirlain theo- rtius, cnergui s discur-ivt ly, ami colleits conclusions Iruiu pmpos,Huns. 1 or t ,al it ton-1,lutes or Rives billsislrme In Itxell, 1- evi lel.t from Us 1111 ) arling per¬ il 1 Hull to lt-cll; »iiu 11 h.it whu I. tads list ft In perfi 1 tun. md imp iris to list Ii wi 11 -1 mg, will mm h iiiuic 1111 ) lit to Itself ivislemi 1 nf lvII la inpis a greater •king ill-ill lieiiig, Jf tin n i,,|e, tin culll un, arts that w it 1 is gii iiri to ii-ei|, it will mu Ii im.ir impart Ilia’ which is le-s Unite ll-.il which is primarily,
I , ‘ , p* r *. v i (tidy enllu.sia-in Irom the fouls 15
• Inn I an Iidmg to tins one of the soul, which is above dianoia, and above thr inti lien of liie soul: w iih 01 e 1- at another lime in a relaxed and dormant state, lhi- one likcwi-c, becoming illuminated [l.y ti.e Cml-,) all thr l ie ot the soul is illuminated, and Pl-O mu III i t, d an 1.1, and the irrational part, and the ri semblance ,,| roll,us asm is transmitted, as tar as to tlie- hud , list if
" Uliier enthusiasm* tin refurr, arc proiltu rd shunt other par Is of liie soul, 1 certain il.i-ino'io ext it in-' them * or tl r Cods also, lit -ugh rot without the intervention ol it. 1 Hu 11s. Por di.uioia 1 * Said to energi/c entlni- sia-iu.,llv, when it dun overs science* and theorem* in a very slmrl space of lime, and in a grr.iter degree than other men. Opinion likewise and the phantasy are ‘.ml thus to energize, when thev discover art-, and actoiiip ish sdniiiable works, >ucli tor instance as i .11 lias elit e led 111 the loruiat on of statues, and another in another art, as also Homer says 1 of hint who III ilk the belt ol Hercules, • that lie neither did l or would art t.eialiy produce such another.' Angtr likewise, is sai l to energize enthusiastically, when m battle if energizes supc/n lturally.
Like .Mars, when brandishing Ins spear, he rag’d ♦
is not
Hv all 1:1.11 countable mistake here rov amuarot is inserted instead of nn fbut the mistake Olieeil by ti e (»tini 111 1 hlor ol these Scholia.
And inrun-, pn me ol this tnislake, for nvr« ut tint place, we must read av.a.
• lldy-k. \l. v. tifj.
4 ] liaJ. \ \ \ . CD.
But if some one yielding to desire, should rat or that winch reason forbid*. and through this should un- exprcledlv I on me well, you may *sy that desire al*o in this instance, eucrgiz-d enthti*i.isiic:illy. though obscurely ; so lint cntluiM.isrn is likewise produced about itic i*tI or puis oi the «<*ol l.nthii'-iasin him- ever, ]»r* peril so r tiled. Is when this one of the soul ssdi.ch is th*\t nil*'II*ct, is rented to the (rods, and is from thrnn inspired lint at d lb rent times, it is possr-sid ilu nt the apuindrs c*( il*elf, by different Gods; and is no re or less possessed, wlim intellect or eh.inoi.v is that whir h is moved. As theref re, when wc nii|uirc what philosophy is we do not always accural. Is define it, hot fre juent v, fr-ini an mipro| er use of the word, rail niatbrinitir*, I. r p|.\*ir*, plulo- fophy. and science; we do the like also with respect to enthusiasm For tin ugh it „‘.iou!d he the phantasy which is rented, we are a* costumed to call tin recita¬ tion enthusiasm Moreover, those who ascribe en¬ thusiasm IO the tempe ratures of hoili**, or the cxtcl- lent trmp* r inu iit et the a>r, or the ascendency of exhalations, * r the aptitudes oi times and place*, or the agency of the boellt s that revolve in the heavens, speak rather ol the ro-operatmg and material causes of tlsc thill", than «»l the causes of it j ropcrlv so rilled,
^ on have therrlore, for the producing cause of rtithn- k asm, the Grids; for the material cause, the cnthimas- tically-ciiergizu g soul ttsc It, or the external svmb'.l* ; for the form il cause, tl r ins| iration of the Guifs about the eoe of tlie stuil, and lor the final cause, good.
“ If however, the ('.oils alw iv* wish thr soul w hat is
pood, why lines not the «oul always rnergiz' enthusi¬
astically? .''lay we not say, tb.a’t the Gods mdrrd
always wish the soul what is pood, hut they are aNo
willmp tli it the order of the universe should prev ail,
and th it the soul through many cause*, is not adapt'd
to enthusiasm, on which account, it does not alwuvs
enthusiastic illy energize. Hut »< me s iv that the
t'levic art extends as far as to the sublunary region.
11 the rrlorr, they mean, that no one of the Miprrlim irv, ■and celestial natures, energizes on the sublunary region, thev evidently assort what is absurd. I.ut if they mean that the tc lest.e. or mystic operator*, aie not at Ic to energize above the lunar sphere, we s 4 v, that it all tl r alb tments of souls are sublunary, their assertion will be true; but it there are also allotments of souls above the moon, as there are, (lor s ( me are the attend ,nts of tie sun, olhc rs of the moon, aid others if Saturn, since tiie H* muirpus disseminated some of them into tin earth, others into the nine n, and others elsrwhrre,)—this hemp the case, i? will he pos¬ sible fur the s ail t*. energize above the men n. For vvliat the whole ardor of things imparts to the soul, for a very extended pern d of time, this tl e soul is aNo able to impart to itself lor a short space of time, when assisted by thr Gods through the tclr'tic art. J'or the soul can never cm rgize above its own allotment, but can energize to the extent of it. 1 hus, lor instance, if the allotment ol the soul was as far as to philosophy, the soul would be aide, thouph it should not chcesr a philosophic but some other hie, to energize in that life somewhat philosophically. There arc also *aid to he certain supermundane souls. And thus wc F.uve shown how the soul energizes enthusiastically.
“ But how are statues said to have an enthusiastic
energy l llav »« not say that a statue bring mar . rintr, does not itself energize about divinity, but the lelrMic net purifying the matter « I wl ich the statue ronsi-ts, and placing round it certain ch.uaclrrsar.il symbol*, in me fust pine renders it, through these means, animated and causes it to receive a certain life tr 111 thr worl I; and in the next place, after till*, it prepare s the statue t„ be illiimm..ird tv a divine nature, tl rough winch it always delivers oracles, 4 , long as it i, properly adapted. For the statue when f bas he- ,i rend- red perfect by the tele-tie art, remains afterwards [endued with a prophetic piwcr.l till it becomes entirely nnad ipicd to divine illiiminatu n ; but he who receives tie inspiring influence o' the f-ods, recc ivis it only at certain tinxs, and cot aiwvi-. But the cuise of this is, that the soul whrn filled w h (.city, energizes about it I Jr nee, in con-c uticncc of cner- pizing above its own power, ft becomes wc irv. For it would be a God, and similar to the sc>uls of the stars, it it did not I erome weary. Hut the natue, conforma¬ bly tu its participations, remains illuminated, lli nrc the in a | litudc ol it entirely proceeds into private n, unless it is again dc novo perfrrtidand animated by the mystic operator. Me have nuthc-cntly shown thcretore, that enthusiasm properly so railed, is effected about the onr of the soul, and that it is an illumination of divinity.
“ Bi the next pi ire, let us liseuss the order, and the u«c Cif the four main is, and show why the philosopher makes mention of these alone Is ii because there are no other th m these, or because these were stub- cirnt for bis purpose? That there are ticrrl re, many other divine inspirations, and mama*, Plato himseff indicates .as he pro.-erd*, and prior to this, he makes mention III the inspiration from the \vmphs. Hot there are abn insp rations fo in Han, from t .e iiiollicr e l the (rod-, .an I lr< hi tb. ( orvb intcs, which are ebe- w ! ere nient lined by HI It>i. l|e IC however, lie abate delivers these tour mania*; ill thr fust plair. because tl rs,- alone ire sufficient ti tfir «oul. hi the alt nutrient ol its j roper aporata tasis.as we si ,ll alirrwards s|i,,w ; and in the nut place, because he delivers the pruxi- mate strps of ascent in the soul. For the gilts , f || e Gods to all being*, arc many and uumnprehensible. Hut now he delivers to us the energies of tie Gods winch are extended to «uul*. He delivers however these four mania*, not as it one of them was not sufficient, anil especially the amatory, to lead hack the son! fo its pristine felicity; but at present the series, and regular gradation of ihrtn, and the orderly ju-r- ferlioti of the soul, arc unfolded. As therefi re, it is possible for the Inanmc hie when suddenly changed to become aristocratic, through employing stieniious promptitude, and a ihvn e allotment, but the gradual ascent, is from a tyrannic to a tb moc ram, and from tins to an oligarchic hie, afterwards to a tuncKratic, and at last to an aristocratic life, but the descent and’ lap se, are vice versa ;—thus abo here, the koul bem-* about to asccr I, and l c restored to us former felicity) is in the first piicr, possessed with the musical mama) afterwards with the tclr*tic, then with the prophetic, and in the last plate, with the amatory inaru.i. These inspirations however, conspire with, and are in want of each other ; so abundant is their communion. For the telcstic requires the prophcUc' mama; amce the latter*
« For eai*rnr7» here, it is necessary to read e*rrnry». * And for *mrrnnj*', read rtarrun).