Ilu! how ih,. s Plat . s iv, that tl e Mipi 11 i lt 'li.il plm t Is 11 ithfnt 1 o/ul e V I s 11 1 n |hr s ime 111-1I1111 r as w 1 say, Il |I II lime and S ,| an n.|. Ulh * Hoi whal is tIn le adinudd. ui i*siiiiiig ills/ \i,d it we admit tins, w lull * will tin li hr Ii.iiisi eiuli lit ill ilu >upi n 1 |i vllnl
I bi <, S III • il.es,mi thing IS pus.1 ssnl 1,0 til ll V li Itmr and s, ul * M IS we not mv, that I’la'u, in w l at is heie inserted, v< ly mm li follows the hefuie-mrultni.i d the- ologi-is, ami disposes whal he siv«, ionli.rin.it,Iv to tin in* For alter the order of Nunithere are lime orihrs ot (>odx, \ii id Heaven, toe Cyclops, and the (. ciitiiuaiii [or Gods w 1 ill a hundred handsi, the proper
' lu the original in this plane, • 1* omitted 1 I had xiv. v. ‘. 5 u, At.
’ T tir , hal 'eali Olai les .all the intelligible Gods iu i/7, and Ki^ht xohvists *t the summit of the order of Gods which is both intelligible, and intellectual, -nl is therefore absorbed m the intelligible. Hence Homer divmCy renominate* »d ift ° J
* lor t». hen, it is necessary to read v., and to make the sentence interrogatory.
ADDITIONAL NOT MS.
tl vines of whom, Plata (l< nits ol the «iiprrctlrs|ial place. 1 1 >r ol i‘if (• ds which al l It will ,mi Phams, Hi mcii is (lit tifsl tl .it becomes visible Ir in him ; tor lit aven and I. ill . lu-l pun i t Ini mil i I f'hanis; ami lli.Mi til is tint ill iiiniiaK I In tin- tli vine light ol l’haluS; 'line Urpbrus says that N ighl Is united to lnni
No eir inti (hat ol sirri 1 Night alone,
ll,l i hi Pint minus; I rail the rest
M • it 1. s' in w lull r it tli" liiiIui|i*il-for light,
W; u li jjIuteiM troni tli’ iiiiniort.il Pliant s' skin.
lhlt t h it w 11 it II IS Vishle anil l', linnioat'il. is ml nr« 1, *mre mb irs .nr 11 it.iin illiiinui.Miens. I li nr r N i.;lit mil all the sup rieii sii.il je.nr, I ring .ilmie Uiaicn w hi ill is v Islb i, they air very properly said t i he w ith- out Colour. I r i ighl list, is ( jtpo-ed to day, because the latter is ilhimnati il and i olmirul. And lhroii_.li t hr i" i<- hoi if ft'a riiiilred, Plato tli inili-'ts that tic jo.it e ol Hit N ighl* is above the klimit oil of the llct- vi li, 1 o t I Ol on _ h thr i r.r tl nnt i / f gurr, that It is above the nrih r ol the t yr!nj>*, ] i r theology «ay», that li tore |s Inst onlolde I into light in thc-r, and that the divi¬ nities, the t ulojis, ate the nrvt pimnples and causes • d the figures w mil snb'i't every where. Heiitf the- olngv 1 in, that tin y are manual urhhtcrt 1 or this triad 1 is jierln live ol ligincs
And i i tin ir Ion head, one round eye was fil’d. 1
Ill the. Parmenides likewise, I'talo whin hrsptaksof
the slri lit, ihr cin'olir, and that whlili I' nn.vnl 1
[frultl Oulu the,pj, ol*si ntrly mil . .tes this order, lint
torse Cvlojs, as here llic Inst cans's ol h^ures,
taught Mini i viand \ nle.ni the various speucs ol
fumes.
riirse the lir~t maim I artists were, who taught
P ill is and \ ul, ail ail litmus, hn, Oi, ,ins]. We inii'i inil tl errli if wonder, on In' iring It at \ nil .III and Mnniva are the rao'is it ti i reI ,r \ nli an i - the , i ar „l i in pmc il lijnri 1 *, uni il rim mm 'lain t gnu , hot .Minerva, ol the psyeiui.il a d loteliri iu.il figure; ami tin t ycloj'S i I dll nil, and ill eii ry win r< • vistmg hgnrr. linin', it is evi Inil. lliittln suptno n sti il par I' aLovi the ordr r ol ihi till (is.
Il il l y Hu yr.iii'ii a of r **if» I, PI ilo m.iirlh s|, tl, it tins j 1 it e is it, ve I In C« itinnnii h r these tirsi none into coni O l, as il wmc, with ail tin I d m ill il ol things. II* nee i .enl -gy dcunimu mi * t'.i in Inini'ml- han.hJ: I r lluungli in*' hands m- |.,„iii, in.,k.,aotl distill fill'll all Ilonas. Iirilnr still, | lie 0 Ol II per- vadi s thruiigli tin whole l.odi Tluol'gv I , rrlorc •.vinh Ir alls < alls these A»n./r.i/-Auctff./, as h iin,|»« all the fahr I all* n • t t m;s, and in mg the causes i I it. The triad,*'h w t yer, ol lilt l C lini ini, is ol v gu.irdi ill nature. 11 .t Plato addin is mg itively, iv hat nr (. nml cclcln tied .'ini m it i • ly by tin- tl < 'lo„i T. lor wbat Orpheus cabs ,Vu hi, that Plain dvnominates ni'hint r,i L ur. And iv Hat the lorili' r says negatively, |5 ni thaut falsehood.
Prrilic i< n wiihmit falsehood, was to Night Of all things given. [says Urjdiciis j
That the latter celebrates, as harmp aim t it thr v t true metier, and </t banp truh/ 1list inp < -li me. Plato also bavin, ei b bratr d the biipere* .rslial jiiair by ll.irc ne.itions, a.im iddm e-s ihrrc .vlliririalk in, mil dne- ing three nt tin in Ikon lm i_’. 1 "r *mr» i.,|v order
isa triadic oil-, I’Uin very |*r«»|»«-ily | ri se «• llic tri— adir, bolli in the in mvi and .irlirm.itis r lonehisiiiiis. Or it may be sa d, mat -line it I' both one and being, and is tri.idle are rding to r.n i • I tlnse, be indicates the negitivr n n< hisioiis according to llic 'iip. rf'«in- tial one, but the allirmaiin according to being, ll-ii , likewise the hr t muiiLer is imlulded into light.”
At cording to I Irrili* - v, thr f. met nor ij thr soul »lgn>- ties the cue of the soul, w h i ll he informs us, was also the opinion ol 1 i id ir inis, but 1 peeler the cv| Ian ition ot it ^iveil by Proems, m thc-r Commentaries, vie. lhar it is a ) irlial inn m cl ol liie Mmrrval si ries.
In tin nrvl pi ice, ilcruicas cnmni r.iies the dilfermt kinds ol lm h as tolluws : “‘superior ilhumnve sub- orrliuate nalnr** with the light ol truth. \V e must evti ml the eye ol inteiler l tIn ret re to these lo ir; ' n. tin one, wh,i li is the Inst prim iple ol things; Plianes, who is the h miliary ol tin intelligible, Inil the rvcnipl jTim i| ie ol l he mo lh dual 11 >ds ; (lor the N ights are 1'iinr ijiles wuli whii h principle iseo-orihnatc) Jupiter, who is the king ol tin 'tiprr mundane. In it the boundary ol what tie pioprrly i .tiled the llllclli dual < lods; and llic Sun, w'tiii is tin- king ol sriivible nature lint each of l)its <-1 Imnm.itrs tin beings that arc mi ler ‘ it, with the Irutli, whieli it jiii's* s-cs from ail order placed above tit it wine li it 1 11 ii i mu ur i Iiiis, the Sum l mj arts su-
pi-ruitiiiibiiie liglit to sensiLles; ami bencc tlie essence • I it is -a il l*> I e from 'Upi'rnurid me natnris. Again, Jupiter iliniiiinali s sn, rriuund me essences wit.i m- nlh'Untl light; Plain, ilium males the iiMllicitual (,mls with intelligible light; and thr |'rin*iple ol all til jugs lids t lie- ml* In . hi* t ** n Is and all tilings, with tin divine light prmn hug i rc in Innr eil."'
\ ul. 1 . J> t l<>. -Sn, rutil tout in thr I'ha hut lh t loull nr*'i ,*r** / rvami in a nci/r.
This i s well e vj.l in ed by ill mu as ill his >cliuh.i on lb* Pii.nlru-, as Inllows ;
“ lb aven [i. f lh' middle of that on 1 , c of (,oil* whir II I- e ill! (I n tl Ill'll Ir and at the s.m e I,me inti I- l« cl i III I 1 and the iehsti.il n.lelligri c , «■•ii'ulvi's a.I thr -i -unis, who are at r< si anoiihng l- lluirj r-.pi r tner.u--. It also raii-r s tbcili t*> t|*| 1 i •uist:v*siu tlie iniclhgihles which are almve ll*a in, n.d t , turr- I_i/| ili'i'll* ctil.illv according It* * »l*-M.il u leillg* ncc. Hut 111* natures beyond II* nven ire tl.e N g:it',«l.iiU Piv'oeat.s thr Mprrcrltstiiil pint i.
\ ol. 2. p, I'dr. J tint linirjore, m u uriian pnftnJtng inti lltrt, Srt.
k .r nmeh a*|ilitinnal.and most itnn* riant inn rmaiicn
e*>i rctiiiug 1 m.e, 'i e the .Notes at the end ol n.y traiis-
latn,ii ot Ar stoi e ' Physics.
P 3hr. Tin Uiininrirut um nurturnl l-y .IiirmtCii.
•• Vrlrastra (sav» lleimtas ;n In--ch.-ia on the l’h.T- dius,) is a divinity scaled in Hie vestibules ol Night,
* The triad of tii 1 ( vrl-j*s c«n«i't« of llrontc', < 'tcrope», an*i \rge*. 1 Hesiod i ( rog. * Hi.
i -j |,c words x** op.- , ire omitted m the original, but ought to be inserted, as will be evident from • jveru*- ai of thr lirst hypothesis m the l’annenides.
* This triad Consists ol Collii', f«yges, and Ilriartu* v For imp liere, it is obviously necessary to read
* Instead of «*’ in this place, it is lerjui'ite to read «' o »n.
and it th# offspring of Melittut and Ainilthea. Me-
litsus therefore, it to be assumed at a power providen¬
tially allriuline lu arc •ml.iry uatiue> ; I lit Aiuahhca
truitl be Considered aicmd-ng to the in. me lining, mill
tba uurltrminale Ilnur Ailra-h a ».n gn.eialid
from uninclining I’rotldrnCe, ami the it the xi-ur of
Ida.
The beaut rout Ida, and Adrastca spuing
Fr< m II e utiir -ire
1 hi* Godd.-s- there! ue, unir.illy cuniprrl.rnds and con- lamt hi l.er-eli a< once, ihe centres ol all I ms, v i/.ul the mnnd me, and the -liperiiiiu da nr, > t tin -til lair, and those ol Jupiirr ; I .r there arc Jovian ai .1 S iiun i.iii, divine, vij rrmniitlai e, and iniutilai.e Ian- On it it account the s called .Adra-1> a, hrCalisr her h Cl-lalive decreet are ii.rv.iahh. Hem r, -hi* is -aid to be -. ji< <| with brarrii ilrmii-uck-in nrr hand-. Lei re ilu tavi of Nielil, ami through tl e -i>nml pr.duc.d In hrr cut.Lai-, to render all ihitiat oliedii-nt to her la at. I t Planes indted is -*_« .* thin the i nr, in the adylmn uf Night, hot N ighl -its in the middle of t 1 e c iM , [ ro-
hesyuii: to the (ioils ; ai d A Ir .stc i sits in tl e \cell¬ ules, Irgi-I itivt h promulgating the divine I iws. She d dels tiouner, lioinilo justice ubieh it there, alter the same main • r a- 1 1 e legi-l uiv e ihtliit *roui tne j i- dicisl tharadeiit u Ami the justice w Inch it there, it taid to be the daughter ol the Law and lu I \ winch are there lint Adra-ita her-elf, u ho it tic nlt-pinig ol Me it us aril Am .It hr a, is likewise cninpithcuS.ve of I-aw 1 le-e ilu relore, an tail to have niirtnrril J il J 1 1 e i III the f neril id Night; tie III I gi-t Ini illy attetllllR that wl.|. h I'lalii -ays ah.ait Jupiti r f.,r I’ll!» lepre-tnt* bun labiti aling, mil pn inulg.ilii g laws, bill divine law is linpait. d by Ailra-lea In the G It also: for the order wh.ili is in tin in is dtrivnl from ll.is Goddess. It is howc-cr, hkcu te iinpatie.l to the attendants ol tl e God-, ami in eoiiinit.n to ail, and pecuhirly to eaeli.”
P 410 1 hr /Airtueuirf yi-i/ri, b/ uck I’hto dtfinti in the J'kaarui.