■Sicili !rs Musa , p mill map ra Cana mis ; wl ich reminds mr ol what Sun. in is rrlatis i f Cali¬ gula, that hr would plan* looist ll I ri»t< n the staluc ■ ol Ca'lor ami I’ulhii,aMl triiilr r pn\a'*lv with Jupiter C'apituhmi*, laiirymg that le- was u.imi.iir with, and ol iqii.il dignity with these- dull 1 io Ai ll as to the poc t« that base Intel since the la 1 ol the It -m*n empire, it would he ridiculous to suppose that they possessed tins highest riilhusi ism, as they did not believe in ll t lUstrntr ol the 'ooiccs Iroin whence it is alone gc mniiely derived.
I'.til. A< 1'irnt ie, Jupiter m If, . Is the (iodi,n Ve»
preude oirr the n.U’uAme t- rilru.ii/i/, to the Grrcun war.—
I lie lullowmg I e iiitilu! < t[ lai alum ol the rceoiidite
meaning , I the I'rojiii war in lh uicr, is given ly
llrrinr is m Ins be liolia un the l’ha Ini' ol I’l tlo :
“■ Hy Him wc must understand the gc- crated and material place, which is so denominated Iroin mud and flutter (voga TTJC »Aw «ai rrj» eAlj*'), and III w-huli there are war and ‘edition. Hut the Trojans arc material form*, and all the lives winch subsist about bodies. Hence also the 1 rojans are called prnume {ifa-yemt). F r all tlic lives winch subsist about bodies ar.d irra¬ tional’ souls, arc I ivoiiralne and alt- nuse to tlieir pro¬ per matter. On the rontrary, the Greeks are rational s -ni', ci.in ng frt ni Grrere, i. c. In in the intelligible into milter. Hence the Gretks are railed /ur<ig.ien (v'T'c-Jii 1 , and ‘ anotii'Ii the Trojan*, as bring ol a su- | c rmr ur lor Hut they tight w ith car h other about the image 0 f Helen, as the poet ‘ays [about tl e image of Kiu-as],
Around the phar.tc m, Grcrks inel Trojans light * Helen signifying intr lligihle beauty, bring a certain rri< el *\»nu) m o\xra , itlrac tmg to H-ell ii.telle cl. An clllux tin rrli.re, ol this i nt* lligit lc he .mis is imparted to in itter thr- ugh Y< mis ; and about this rl’iux ol beauty the Greeks light with the ir.jans [i r i ill nal with irrational lives'] And those indeed, V it oppose and vanquish matter, return to the mu legible, which is ll r if true r.iunlrs , I lit tin sc » ho tin not, as i- tin case wuli the multitude, arr hound to malt* r As thr te- (i>rr, the piriplul in the 10th ho-ck t.l it.r Urpohlir,
{ revi .Italy in the de cent of sc.id*, a m.i t.ces t . tl.ein (low they may rt turn [tu tin li pristi c It In its,] ae cunl- ing to period* ol a timil'alid and tin iho-is.iml sears; thus hHo ( alt 1 1 as predicts to the (>r< ■ l* let ir rtltirn in ten year*, tl.e number tm being a symbol of a pi Meet peritd. And as ill the lives ol so- !-, some .ire elevated through | lulo'ophy, others through the amatory art.
* The German editor of ll e*e Scholia, instead of i rparr». v , which is the true reading in li i* place, and which he found in the Manus ripi, absurdly substitutes (or it ».*-*<**>, as if Hercules was a pugili't >e< my lianslauon of the Dissertation ol Maximus Tyrius, On the 1 ’rarlic and llieortlic Die.
* \’id. tliynipiod-.r. m Aiistot. Meteor
1 For oj-aAoyoi ifv\ai lu re, it is Dcccs'ary to road oAcvyoc cj-vx<u.
* Iliad V. v. Ol.
' I'oiilnrniahlv to ll is, (’rot his in the fragment' « fhi* Coninieiilane*, On the Kcpublu ol I’ alo say i, “ that ail |he beauty snhsiiting alaiut generation Irom tiie fal.rieationo( thing*, issignilicd hy Helen , about which there is a perpetual battle ol souls, tdi the more intellectual having vanquished the more irrational forms ofhfc, return to the place Iroin whence they originally came/’ For the beauty which is in the realms of gincration, is an efTiui ci intelligible beauty
Tm PUt. Vou II-
• nd other* through the rural and warlike discipline*;
kj with rrspect «u the (l*eek», tome act with rcrliliulc
through prudent e, but u hers lliruugh w ar or luvr, ami
thnr inuru is ditlercnt (according tu their ddleicnt
pursuits].”
P 131 . The Plutonic hypotheiet ulou. the forth.
Siee more on this inieicsliiig Mihjctt iri ilu* notes
to my translation of the I'hado and Gut 1.19 ot
Plato.
P 175 . It 11 reyuiti/e that uethoull knot, 1 ouu thing
mamfcit confer mna ^ raper.
Sit ail addin nal treasury ofdivinely liiniiiiuiis con¬ ceptions on this sulject, truru lamhliclms, liar cits and S mplaiiis, in tht i.oits to my tr.uisL.Muii of the Second Alcihi.tdes o* Plato; whiili, it the nailer has net my Pi ito 111 Ins posse viini, ht iiijv also tinil in the -Additional Nutt' to ins trails]attou of .Maximus lyrius, an 1 in the New Mt.i this Magi/iuc.
P. ‘101. I'he rotate which it without ft pure f Ac. u uittu
pie 111 of h ii f A
Prut lus aiIndex litre to the t Pi wing passage In the
Ph.tdriisol I',ii i “ d’hi xupt n I 'rsiial | lat t li is i.ot
yet him irbt. laird Ivan) it our | < l , nor wpi it
• vet I . pf-ils 1 1 1 ai 1 i 11 1 111 * I, llx ill liny alidiyullli It •ul s I six I, mol, in ilu lot in w in;; 111 mill 1 ; |i*r we thullld 1 1 a" to a (hi III till lint h, ■ s|,i 1 nill V w In 11 pi.it. . Ill;; ( I einn g Ih tmihi wi I 111 1 > | m ( will,, , | 1, Curr, and willnail rout.il l, sill sisling is Inn r.-iiue. It uluiit n«> » r on mplaiiie inti Ih 1 t, tl„ govim. r i t the soul, at ilwhnhi s methr 1 mis nt true '• t, uce trxides." On t hi si w.inlx Hr rim as t! us emmiieiiit;
“ '5 hv .1 is Plato mi , I lull tin one u! 11 1 pm Is | ru.r to him have, 1 r 1 I lh..-r it ii may i< Ih w him, w II ■ 1 lt- hrate ti e supcm Irstial | I 111, a 1 idmg to its dignity atul wortli l I y| In- w n ii, I mi ano.' ml a-. Id 1 1 1,1k, that lie alone had ih »t i\ 1 d y pr-us'dit lint wl at is here asst itrd is a thing ot Ilu following kind : It »« understand I s putt. ihu-e »l.o ati tin third troin itit truth [attunling to who Palo *iss m tin loth hook of th« Kr public 1, I t 11 its 1111llit1.1l. ,| mere v 1,0111,11 poets m.i | t Is itiai are not ilis int lv-iu-| in il j, s„ a s (,i inakt Ih mi r jiuI Ot| line an tsitptii 11 10 lli-e |,, r these, ami a so lltsn II a il M i-.i us, have spoken iuii- cernmir this p'.ur, the nmli ot what is t s.eriti| will be evident, for no one among the liuiliitiule ot mk h like pueis ami aHis|«, has cell brati il this |iue as il deseucs ; hut this lias hei n at i mnplishi it hv ih> incls- inspirul poets alone, miiIi as H mi' .mil Orpheus. Put it m what is tnie assirtnl, we are In understand all puts, vo as .11 (oiiipn hemi Hunter hkiwi-e aid Orpheus, it |s ■ V id. Ill that Pi il mil t al-11 tin li I him-
II, as m ilher la mg him 1 I ihh in - pi ,1 „i 1 || ,,,
III h III mm I soil a I le lu its ill.' 11 I v, 1 1 | i' I hi 1 I, i ■ .
• a it ht Ii nl i I, No lu 1 ui in p 1 I liis i|i 1 1 vi i'Iv piaiv.
ed the sup. 111 !< s 1,1 pi ii r ; Iml Ills has hi 111 ali.im
efin till 1 V \p Ilu 11.il I 111 I hull ot I he .Muses
lint how I iv mg 'aid, ilial 111 0114 has cel< hrated the •upertele-lial plat 1 « ithnglu Us ileseit, due' In now Say, “ W r should dare In athrm the Irutli l" Is It that the trulti must be a-sc rlt I, as subsisting in I111111.au conceptions/ For it is possible lu spt ak Liu truth,yet
not adequately Thus he who »av», that Socrate* wax not a had man, nor impious, say* indeed what is true, )et not what Socrates deserves to have .aid of hint as he does, wl o asserts that he was a good man that he lujssrsseJ scicntmc knowledge, was wise 11, divine Concerns, and was dear to divinity. Fur he who savs tht-e tilings, praises N.tr rati s in a w ay adi rpiate to hi* dr-eil. Plato then h.rr , say s a thing ul this kind, re spe ling 1 he «n| riir lest .,! j late. Hot the words, •* | .. p 1 ills whin *|e.king loiiieriiing the truth,'* are ii'siikd very ananelv anil ihruiugicail v. for by huth lu re, I r m_i it.cs the vv hole order ot tl e N ights : amt ihe p/.n., 7 ru/A, w Inch he alierwarils speaks of,
oils, Iitelv m ill alts these. Till otngi»ts likewise pecu¬
liarly establish 1 'inth in ihit I I.U e lor Orpheus
Speaking ibi ut Nigtit says, “ ttiat she pi.sses^cs the
truth 1 nl 1 he' (.oils, * a ml
lo her, preiluti'-u wImlly true y. is giv’11.
Nbe IS als 1 sal 1 lo prophecy to ihe Cods. Homer too,
m.ht airs mno ruing tins Guiltless. 1 or sprakiue about
Jupili r, M 1 p s., v s , 1 ,
N 1 _d»1, tl, gn al I nm r bulb >t Gi ils arid men,
F11 w It in I III d, pii.i 1 v id me I loin Ins wrath •
I r t,i swill 1 Nl ;l,l vv Is II ,(1 I lo , II, n,I Hit I'1 I', .ui, In s 1 ill line o sp. ik nun 1 mlng it,
I II nisi hits p II II, as.I It I. III! ll mg ul/ili iliir/y •*b "lit I hr i/r 1.11/ how r vt |, !■, I* -1 we should he led to *1,1111 ill in _ I||| xppi 1 ri.ile ail I v i!r, ill sot h like 1I0C- tlud 101 i'i 1 us lie is .it o (1 in in it jut in what be s.ivsahoiil tin si, j 1 ui le Iml pl.nr, withwhit he us- *• rls 1 [ihe hr -1 l,yp-.tin*is ul j tin Pnnu m le., it,out lb* hist | im pie .1 it.mgs. lor In liien 11,dilates this pi m, iph 1 1 in pain I|s ; 11 1 pt, that In .,1 v lutely droll ' ill things 1 I the tll'l plliti ip > ; hut ot |l e su| ("r- trh'lid | I 111, if d. nil's ne tl 1 g., and .illirms otlurs. 1 nr ilu* Gni]dr-s N l_hl |. sujii nor lo 11 , t.lltl orders, hut inti rn.r to ott.ers ; and n tin tusi pnnci- plt ot II,logs Is supeies-eunil, so Night is *,,pt u 1 les-
t i.t I (1 i- is at ui it- that 11 telh i I11.1l ■ nl, r w i icii is ile-
11011111,111 <1 II. jvciil. \\ liv, howl VI r, ale souls ru t s.iul to s- i Hr iveii, lull lo I n , me si nalerl in, and he roiij, imil well it , hot aie not rnnioiiutl with the 11a- tnn s a hi \ e 111 .mu, hui pen • ivi tin 111 inly* Ii answer lo tin-, it a \ he sai l, ihji it is tier 1 ssai v ruli- lai l should 111 l,as tar .s 10 a rriUin 11,mg. Why llieritoti, is In ,is to this/ Iter.one r either are the hulls m 'h r Jupiter, said lo hi' united to Plijiirs, but thl Is alone asset 1, ,J ,.| Jujiiler, and be is *an| tu be 11 li I fi d through Ni. lit is ,1 1111 ilium.