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    Inston of Ciinty y Inppening to them Jai, pure and al the vitae ofthe soul ae ‘eho the een ner nly cop, bat ow pope ‘hii anc yin enon spruring ce eco them, ome thease te al Bet Ermey ty ‘ew open sone 201, Bey hone wi hem indi procein, And er below we ae easy ive im its manifest splendour through the dla oforsame Borage pe ofthe toy Se bot doe urs wisdom, Fe ws eel ene trie cy ‘Fike beg peda 4 ior age of tl whch wos Caple of tinge And che fo al at we ove Te i, ely bet has diy tobe whe te mo ant tnd ee lve Plato say dat here Below we see beauy tlt is wocab- thr that means the Tes ofthe Beau iel ee divine Beaty itll is secesible to human senses But few lines free om, speaking ofthe rouble caused by the Beauty of «human being ‘ae says that his beauty is elled by theme mame asthe Beal in ind Its therefore not the Heautifil in ive, Gols own beauty made mans eo che ssch che beauy ofthe woe, asitis wet forth in the Timae The beauty of young gi oF of ‘an adolecent you only ofthe same name ‘The beauy ofthe word i God's own Beary, ache beasey ‘of he body of human being ithe beauty which belong oth being ‘Bt wisdom, ightcouses and the ret cannot appear tu in the word ba oly ins man being who will be God XI THE PYTHAGOREAN DOCTRINE! YTHAGOREAN THOUGHT is for us the grest rnystery of Greek cviliation, Ie recurs eveywhere, Sean snd again, Timmpregaats almost al the poctry, sos all the philoophy—and apes Plato, whom Aveo teguded as 4 pure Prahagecean. The muti, the nchitetue, the talprte all the sciences of ancient Greece proceeded om ity oo dd asthmetc, geometry astonomy, mechanics and biology—-at scince which is fundamentally te same as ous today Pat's pelt thoughe fn is mow athens form, wiih meas tis formelited in the dialogue the Statsman) ao derives fom the Pythagorean doctrine. I embraced almost al ycalar ifs There was then, berween the diferent par of secl if, and berween the secu ifé as. 2 whole andthe superatual worl av mach nly a ody thee i separation The roots of Pythagorean thought extend fino the pat Inexpounding the coneepe wich nat te conte ofthat doxtene, Plato evokes a very ancient revelation, which is perhapr te primal one (Phila). Herodotor syn Uat the Pythagoras ‘oreomed age pat at lest of thei eb fom Egype. Anat scent torn, Diodoras Sicalus 1 believe, pom to the snulogis between Pythagorean thoaght and Dee thoughe, ‘which, according to Diogenes Larus, was considced by oan ast Inno of Christy ¥ The Pytagreon Decne people as one ofthe sources of Grek pilowphy. This, be it id Pyshagorim. (Notice dat theres inde 2 teen connected 2 posing, obgesone to regud the Druid gion sof bran sxign, Jct a1 te mcpyatal sd telgoa pot of Greek Grizaon comes ce he Pla (i preuthos,Iberans, Pelagians i wo ay, Acgeane ‘reasiTiops and th sual with dem, Phoensany Samer, Eayptians se before ito times fs hve formed ound the Melts » opera debates et tated by a sopematul and pre pity, Mot of dese Fropls ar nme in he Ble unong the devon of Ham {he Hien, cording to the tstmony of Grck weer, aie in Gece ignorant of il spit, one may eros daw fom tata sable conan Foe maw of nde Europea The ibe hows dt shee as very epi in bral wail de Ecle "Among the Inde Foes peo ‘whom oe gence abot with Jape and se whom te Tbe roa emit there ze fo Kinde Cain of thee leaned fom te pope they congue and anit he spinal of tee cpiv Sch tere he Clos the Greek he Babylonia. Oder temsind cbtntely dea Such were he ‘Roma, probly the Auyian andthe Hebrews at es und ‘be Ene I whe hgh ia ind one ede th cpode ‘fous thes sons tappenthat Nosh, whe waa por being Sightou and per had + mys inonconsecopaied 67 tukedoes inte mpcalvcTesppas that Nosh had sre Sinn which Ham ated anda whichis two caer nace) ‘esha The cae which fl pon the demas of Ham wold thea whats in dhs world he oof the who ae to pre The Hebrews would bavesrange theory srt wy to jy she masacre of he Cnanits but Preity cores Egypt ote wee of ofthe carly Praseond Ponca leat the begining of his story, tthe thera sending byte te: fis iw of the materi coe caret of eet pare sptuliy woud hve flowed seo Anugay fort pe Eicoic Egypt © Cuan, Th caren flowed gh 1s wth Noah, forthe Bible sys the God formed covenant with ‘humarity inthe peson of Noah, a covenant wiote signi the rainbow. There Gan be no covenant between God and. ma ‘withoot revdition. Deuslion, the Geeck Newby # the son of Prometheas to whom Acsehylus and Plt atibute a evelation) Today the depth of Pyhagorcn theaghe canoe be persed excep by using 2 sort of inion. Aad ane cannot exes such 2m init excepe ftom inside that it to aay, only if one has ‘ely deawa spinal i from the tx stad. “The findamenel txts ate ewe oe three Fagments Gm Phllas. a pasepe fom the Goria, two fom Ph and one fom Bpinoms. Tete ate ao some formulis, esto ta aitted by Artode or Diogenes Laerto. To all that, formal Of Anaximander should be joe, although it isnot Pythagorean, ‘And one shuld fr a pnsbl, bear in mind the woaty of Grek ciation. ese ae the tes Phill! 2.9) Allroiti ae nee either lntingo ene, cc ebelrting and volte. United slane they canoe be, Saceie is marae ht rele proeed at ony om hat ae toc only fom wast = emis. Cay the oreo the world of things conse therein bas bean brought heey, ‘arin fom dat whi mt ands tat whch ulined 2 [Bp]. From the bepnting thee woud not ven be anhing swept of bang Enon, fall were eine. 4B 38). _All ht 3s knows involves numb. For without umber thing can be doug a own, 1 [ s0} Unis he principe of everyting. 2718 oi. ‘he Sint robe artnet the one a the cee of tbe phere iad Hi, Ietnatons of Christy t(D sso). The eee of rumber and of burmony are coy enue bythe ie fr dosnt Sng Yo es SIEGES coy Lengo ie mtr of wh ca oe ‘Ske ond wile proper he ie nee poe it nto mune, fr nanber cooly ho toe Ta uth dogs othe tefl Sembee fhe roe ‘The cacace of nombeeh peodcve of wndwanding. + gide and’ mater for whoever in perplsty ot igre oot say- | Sig forthe wo emo ct inti erin eas | Stir moreso fiber wow not uber nd is omc. ‘Tadic nomen, ing all gen he mal ough see Prog, rnd ten tompeeboadie sd mena nace oye hem = body nnd mp by oe nck eco ot eu sal nscag ge tne cteal eens of aga atte is isel,can be known oly by the divinity and act by mao rs man may how only thie Nec even on ofthe eas could be known tow thre ete no thease een of things of which the oder of te wold ome posed some lining, te acer snimted Since the paneer ‘sie pol alae noe ale, nor of dhe mame soot, would be more that the oder ofthe word sel be based pon dems Tarmony wee not brought by some meats. For Ug ta te alike and of tenet ave no aed of bamony, hoe ha ate fot alle, nor af the ame rot, noe of th se ston, eed Be locked togter under key bya harmony cpble of tutti them in ce wood ore. 6 [B6a},Thefolonng concert mature and harmony. Whats | | to [B 6s. Harmony isthe unification of what war mice led he coon thought of what epartely hough CE Pro dat (Ee commentary) Plato teaches us many marvellos concepts conceming the Alivinity by mane of mathematical ideas, And Pythagorean ‘wadom alo minke eo of mathematical idea 2h a cloak to hide the myrtcal way ofthe divine docrine. Thisis the ese forall he The Pyhagrem Dacine “Flos Logo! and Vhllaus in bis Bachanes and the whole teaching method of Pythagoras conceming the dviniy Plan, Gai, sont eye sollte fo Eocene cary ema oie bry on dees oy tony ews teleseil s milers exec! For wher omecs to hi desis cannot cle ence with aoe mano wath Sods fr be ot cope of conto. for whore he bp communion, tee no fea. And according cote se, Gali commonin wich el the hese od he ns the od snd men i fended an, ta Becce ‘he hs nivene Bus ben med der nt) and noe dare and enone. But sem to Fe at yo Go ote our ‘Seeson ots igs, soo you ae tare. You lav ot hersed bow gree.sponr feet eqays bth sme eta ponerg - ag the fed nd ameng men. You bere you thould uve wo mae Ts bce you do not ay ater to geome Philebe tab. No more beau way ete doco eer an exit Lam perpetually i love with tsi exes me lec te Fhandoned, not knowing what tod,~ Herc oagiot he pls (omen, ha at eu lene o me. Aad om wert kaon ofthe go ie wa eoued By» Prometieus the ame athe sme time a illemsnong fc and che ances wo were beter tas ‘ve ae, an lel mare he gd, have tava th eon {0 us ete i Ut the rete ll eel derive fom Us ead the nny, and cayenne within thn te deter se andthe sedate We shuld teen, se hn th ternal ender of hing vec to implanc a nity in every Kind of Amin, Weal nd fries there: Once we have grape ta muy, we hold examine day, itt pen oc witty. fr sme othe ner Then a tne avian nt be mae ‘pon ech oot of the saberdinate ic, Fly, wht a de Bgiming appar nt anly soy hd may luli over, pe abo wis defers One thou not pay te Insimatns of Christy ies ofthe indeterminate othe purty ntl one has pricy wel teen the nnber of plait, eit number whichis the atr- | Tedary beewecn the ndeerwanae and unity. Only then one ‘Bould sundance peti nity fl hing an oe onsen he ‘dace [nine The go then, ate ying, hve a ined ths method ofeach rou can lenge teach fig. The ected nen of eu ne fx unity a ratdom, sad the flerty more sickly or mote slowly than shouldbe and ps from che nity things wich se ndterminate the irmedry csp ther 25, Ice this that the seo and al hats beauiflate rode im oe things which elndecreinas wd from tt | ‘ic inude nt, om the fc that ere ate oe ‘ange beewen the (isthe esene ofthe equal nd ofthe double nd ofl shat prevents conmiryehingr om diverging among chen, but Tin hem ine proportion ud teed by aepening necer Iretu apon thn) sd T ny eetfre tha when batmony in Hving beings dinlved among, atte isl ia the sme tie done sa tung appear. When harmocy reored with a rete t the Prive tie joy sparen fee words, Boek posi, ch go mates nay be poke ob pions, 50 He who bas Kamel chs cence (areti) shol then pa immediacy co what sealed by te iow mane of geometry. ‘Tits thesinatn of smb wich do nor by man rxe re motion asimaon made manifot whet rr wo te properties That hs tae nos haran bt Givine [Claro ayore who cn think Next be aun dats abe, ‘craponding vo the proper of od, ad hose whch were ot Sikh made so by tthe a wtih when i wa dove sex named sercomcay. Win sopra snd misao ot ‘bow who cn comempite and a's chat, wile power pet Sy valves around dapstion al feat naked byt form The Pytagrsan Decne andthe eens ofthe elaohip of opposes acoding to ech roporton, Fist eat of the numa doable the ean fone {© ho, which is doubl Then he propetion in rapt of power td that whch i apun dou, going even o what the sb ad ppb, ending fom cat te eight And inthe tetlp brent ro thee ar he mean the athe mechs cal dunce fom the lest ante gree, the harmon mea, Which exceeds the let and supa bythe geste econting tothe same ratiodhu eight od tine beeen sand else twee thee ta meen sito at equal decane fom body found the rato of which tapes by which men hve tected 2 sharin dhe knowledge othe sree of woes oof popoton Inthe apeenicip of shyt and of barony, Tiss gf fom the Bed choir of the Mises Times 510 Xs imposible that che dapostion ce amangemen of ew of anythog.o ng the a only wo sold be bel wat 2 ied Tere most corn beeen hem inthe le» Bond ‘ich bag chem into union. The mow beaual of bom at ‘he bogs peti ny oie and he prs lel Ts pa seve porn nh yen we a ea aah 2Rhcvent For wien fhe amis or of tee mae, or ‘ny ote qn, he nerdy othe kt the oe fo the len sed recpoely ee lt othe htermedary a de fae tne to he ft chen the teeny teem ft ad Fok the oe andthe it hee oc needa, hss necsay ha al seve ny sds bang Hen mma ‘hey lb ne The Gopl scoring © St Joe sei 11,21,22.23. Holy Father, hep tacogh thin own samc those who house given meth they may be one a Wee That hey all may bones thos, Father ei mean in he they so may be one in t= Aad he glory hich th gov sme have given thems hat dey may be oe, evens eae oe inthe, an thow in me et they may be made perc: n oe 157 tie hint 1 é svi, 8. Ar thou hi sent ent the weed ven have abo sent tem imo the word. 14 15. Tam the good shepherd and Know my seep, sed am'know of mine Abe Father kaowesh me, even How 1 die der 1059 10. As th Father fn love, 9 bve loved you contnae yin ny love ye ep sy conamandert, ye sal abide iBny love; even aT ve kept my Ther commandments, and iden his love Sympsie ead, Love. ita gre dso, nd hat which ‘Jaina! is emery eeneen Cd and tan Bing in the mille the one and te oter, fil he dance ia sch a mer tht he ‘ole bound together ie in rod. That he may see he Beaty ofthe ince toward the wats of the besa Fragment of Anaximander of Miles Sich she point of dept fhe bith of things and the terme oftheir detucton which cca in onfoemizy to nec fr ‘Bey sles cuteana ndanexpaton om tak ter Besse ‘Eth nj scoring to the oer 0 te mes “The ancient histerans of pilorphy have tant Pytha- goreanformlaeo us, some of thm clear and marvellous, a this ‘Sue which pechpe concer carnal death, bue which sorely ‘cocims detchment: 8" nolnpoiere énarpdeofa, ‘hat be ‘eho Teves hs country does not etm” (CE Lake ix 62: No ‘an, having put his hand tothe pong, and looking bac, iit {for the Kingdom of God’) And agun: Let dhe man who enters temple adore, and not spk, nor be ecupied with anything temporal "He who follows the divinity i befor all hings mae fis tongue! (CE Epedeof Seamer: Took noe at Thyself ia a ‘miroe beside a lamp’) This perhaps means not to tink of oae~ se when one dunks of God ack not ith for any marvel 18 The Pythagron Dacine ‘concerning the gods and divine dogma’ ‘not to gnaw his esr ‘what is move just s the sacafice, what i most wie is namber This has a seange sing’ ‘Bresk not the bead, for ie of no advantage inthe judge of the other world” ‘Certain formule ate very bese atts one which Arstode cits with didn: Saori dds lois los, ‘tc i 2 number to the second power. Or one ated by Diogenes Laer: 4dr dopunor fodryra, friendships an equality ade of armen’. ‘The key t thee two equations, and many oer cited above, is the iden of a mean proportional and of mediation in the theological sens, dhe fin being the image ofthe cca, Ttisknown that amoag the Pllzgoreansone the symbol of God. Several testimonies, amoig them Arstode’s, afro this ‘of Plato. Herc abo, who it very neat tothe Pythagoras sn many seect-contary to common opinion—sid: "The One, tat unigue sige, wishes, and wihes ‘noe, to be named Zens “The Pythagorean comsdered all creed things as having ech s nomber as symbl. er oie imporance here how they Conceived this amber and the Ek between shat number and the ching, Among thse number, ome have » paricalar bond with ty. These ate the numbers which ae of the second power ot square, By a mediation there & between them and miy an equality of relation 5 § "When the on of God isin estonablecrstre, as dhe Father ‘sin the Son, that creture & perfectly jut, Po sys im the Ther tht juice aximlaon in God. Siaarity in the geomet seme, means proportion. The mysterious egetion (Of the Pythagorean, and that of Plato which secs cleat, have the same meaning Whoctr i jut become to the Son of God 2 the Son io Hs Father. Dodbeles this deity of tlio is hot lnerally posible, However, the perfection propoed to man ‘hould be something ike that, for in many of Se. Join’ eeopts 19 Inimations of Clestnty the ame words ate repeated to designate the relationship ofthe ‘ciples vo Crit and ofthe Christ to His ater. The allusion 03 ‘mathematical sation of proportion is evident, The pasge in the Tinaeur on proporéon might szicly be incepeted at uniquely applicable to machatic if cere wore ot sever Sharp indications to the coneary meaning. Fis, in the panage inal. "The mos beausfl of bonds is dat which, to the highese deg, ender itelf one with the terms which are bound This condon is wuly realized when noe oly de int fem bat ao de bond il ane; tha it ays God. This Interpretation itis, ie not elevident Dut Plat wes thesame Finking werd in the Sympeston wo define the mediator funeson ‘of Love between the divinity and man, Then Proc’ words tue cea: Pat aches us many marvellows doctrines concerning, ‘he divinity by means of mathcmaica das” ‘Clearer sil his phrase fom Phils (to be joined with that etd above): Te 3 nob pro doe Baguio nal Bela plas rrr pfu fw wal rv Slap layownr, ee ‘Tie datpamute Ge al Nios nara el ward rae Buoepye ‘The reeds dows sal nad do povond "One can me what powerful eft nature and the virtue of nurmbec has not only in eligious and divine things bat every= where iy human acts and resonings both in the working of “acoustehnigues and in mie (Religious and divine tings, Baponine nal Our pda, that isto ay, ine efers back othe Sposa, ll that concems (God a such and at Mediator) Thi ie cer, eis aif Piola sid one would be wrong 29 ‘dive tht out mathematic applies only to Thesogy. Ie appr also, by exension, by the effect of « wondrous coincidence, Fnuman matter 0 music, and to the eciguce TE the parage from the Timaru on proportion hat, bids its sbviow sce, a theological see, ds meaning ean be none other than tht of Chie’ word ced by St.John, which ae so very simi, The Pythegerecn Decrine The allusion evident, Ja the Chri scogized Himself Ininh’s man of soctows, and the Mesiah ofall the prophets of Isa, He recognized Himself abo at being that mean propor Sonal af which the Gres hl rcs fn king Tene considers whole numbers, ane st they are ofa so ‘hose that are linked to unity by 2 mean proportional, such a8 4.9, 16. ane hand, and on the eet hand al the othe Ifthe fist are an image of perfor aie, a the Bythagoceans say, we semble the others, we wh ainsi ‘Was iby force of to intense a warch fra mediation of thee ‘wretched numbers tha the Gres discovered geometry? Sach ‘tigi for geomesry would agree well with Piola saying ced love, and abo with thatin the Epinomi x work which one els ‘0 be wholly impregnated by Pat's eral inervcton: "What one ridiculouly call geomenry i the auinaation of numbers ot naturally similar among themselves, Their asinilaton becomes ‘manifest when applied tothe proper of plane igure, and tis, ‘to whoever is capable of thoughts marvel which comes am (God and uot fm men. These ins define geometry a che since of what i today called rel numbers, of which the square root of two or of any other number not square isan example. They exactly define peometry as the scien ofirational quae root The noon of similar wanes, atiboed to They reates to roparson, bor not mediation epi proportion of Fost terms = §, For want of documents one can neither acept nor reject che possibilry dat Thal, in arudying i, intended 10 i have et "mse eho, ooh oe oa Seal sR, le eae ony hr hehe ne Intinatons of Ceinionty fact the aud of mediation (dat iso say the proportion of thee Ieisoqual creme if owing only te conditions of the sinlry ofthe sgl, ome pots he problem: To Bad the {can pop beween two egments esti eoornated ops of ought may kendo to alee the formubon of the prable in ths: To const a ightangled tangle, ven {elhypotenc andthe pston ofthe foe of he perpen "The iwcipon ofsnighrangld tangle nacre, whi ver the sltion of hit econd problem, i the theotem for Mich it said tha Pythagor oe a nerf. In any con, whehcr or oe geometry bad ine ts ft oigin been ach for met, ofred this marvel of median fbr akc numbers whch nee nately depeved ot Isis ths maryel war foe a lng time one ofthe great Pythagorean sree Or more exc, se waste neommensanbity ‘the teria of sch proportion. fet wrongly beled tat thy hep it mer ane drove tem they woul over have ben guy of ach ea “Tinong de Pyingorenn the words dade and Mier were synonyin, They called the ronal eltinships Myo oe Fo bind those aunburs which ae not agate ay gues {eda which comes fom oud rom a domamn org to nomber which can only El dhs Faction a te pie of» ‘Sutin, This maton betweon eit and womb in Sppeance something infer to number, omething idee inc. A le aogors a sean sud, ing cenery The Gres experienced a farcer amazement, ashe Enon cent to find in cxperenced satu this dition a4 tracks ssa of the sapeme verity. Foe example in mini The ale de cont he gro ant oe at symmetcly spon around tat monn, dere is We same {oomreicmzan benwen one note andi ocean bowen the | { The Pythaoreen Decne fourth and the fh. One wes this immediatly withthe members 6,89, 12, for Vox ti—V io. The Fourth and the Sth are Ahemseves two kinds of mean berween th notes of the oxtave at Fi, and 1295-6), Such i, aconding tothe Fino, he pri of msl harmony, I she Syperian it isd tht harmony isan identity af ton, Ils 2 term wh in the tot gore eae, mut legate po porn 'Al Grek sce inal is branches ely she sec ito ropotons, whee ofthe or for tem ei tthe he {eek invented tenon of action, which snp the ea of wo qs which ay proporatly wither cng be linked by a feed rds. The fad mst bint applcason of ths dea to the sady of mtse Archie? {htory of foang bos, «purl geome hey. What we, in out ientic conception of the woes aw shaking bt ‘Sc pplion tomate of the he of inson “The ou of eur ence demonsdon, The expeimentl nethod dies Gom the grows empiam only Uy the role hich Saco played Acoting to doce scaly ih our poseion, it ces ht the reds were the fst have cared demonstration ote the domain of whole umber by be inveain of geomeny andi splicaon fo the study of mae Tes marvelous inexprsilyscatg, wo ink tat its love and the dai of the Cai, which ced the invention of demons peg up in Geer. Along the lation, Flin and of utes wee sted ony with ave os eal sppleaon, Bey had no neato Be een, Gey could be "ie Grecks fad sch a ned of eriny of vine vera dat yr inh singe imge of the vet ty fad ete maximum ofc, Pergo te began of Sine men fave regarded whole number prope to seve Fa Intinatns of Chrisiariey a images ofthe divin rath because of thee perfect preion, beau of the crainy, and at the tame dime the mystery, ‘contained in thei elaonsipe. Bu ths evidence ofthe reetion= ‘hips Between whole number isl clove wo sensibly ‘The Grec, bythe may of non-nemerial proportion, ound evidence of + such higher level, qe ax exact 38 those in ‘which all dhe terms are‘ whole number. Thus ehey found an ‘ten more appropiste image for divine verti, "Tha dhe tachment to geometry was of srg sate obvious not only from the few texts which bear wines tt but soll more ftom the mysteous fict chat, until Diophantus, 2 ‘writer sho lived daring the period of decadence, hey had no algehes About wo thousand years before the Chesian era che Babylonians had an algebea with cqecone with numeri co- sfBcents ofthe sccond anderen third and foarch degen ean hardly be donbied tht the Gresks knew tit algebra. They ‘wanted none afi Their algerie knowledge, which Was Very ‘vance, is all contained in thei geometry (On the other hand, wa not dhe renal rich were important to them, not the quit or the importance ofthe dacovered ‘Boren, but enly the egour of the demonstrations. Tho in ‘whom thi atiade of mind war wanting were deed ‘The notion of real number, arived a by the mediation bo- tween any suber and ny, was mater fr jst as severe demonsttin, as dea as anything in ei adsl and atthe fume ime incompretensble tothe imaginason, Thi novion forces the mind to del in exct terms with thot relionhips ‘which cs incapable of tepeeeneng wo sell. Here ean admirable Inrodaction to the mysteries of ath By this one cn conceive an order of ceraingy, arin from. swcerin and eesly gasped thoughts sbout the sensible wold, proceeding to thoughts of God which are abiolutely certain and Xoluely inapprchenable Mathematics doubly medion berween thes two kinds of ‘Sought Ir bar the imermediate degree of erstade, the ate 1 The Pythageeen Decne diate degre of inconceivable inches the précis of dhe rneceity which governs snible things andthe images of divine ‘ath, Fly, it as fri eote dhe very ida of mediation Teiscailythdesood that when they perceived his poetry, the Greeks were inoniatd by they Bad che right tae i revelation, “Today we can no longer conceive this cate we ave ft the idea tat sbsolae cerainty Belongs ony to divine thing We ‘wane cerainty for mater things Forde things which concern God, we ae scfiod with betel. Te trve hat simple bei sscoteds very welin having the power of certiade when ti at ‘whi het fom the fie of alles feclings, yeti remains bb Focal ha. fore illo ‘Our intligenc has beotne so crue that we no longer cone ceive tha there could be an athens, rgorouscetanty cone ‘erning the incomprchonuble myrteres, Upon tht point there ‘would be an infintely precious we for mathematic, whichis itreplcable i this rept “The roqiement of perfor rigour which obtained in Greek gsometers ha dappeaed with chem, and now, oly wishin che Foe fy years, are mathemascansreturing 1 i Today that ‘igour exits smong them as no mare than an ie, analogous ‘hat of at fr ars take among the Pamassan poes. Batti one of the apr throogh which ral Cheisuanty may once agua fier into the moder world. The regret of tigout i not somthing material. When that requirements absolute, is ein ‘mathematic too obviowly diproportonst to its obj. I cobjer i the rltionthipr of quant, and is conditions ate an ariomatic teucon of all theorems to 4 few atbizaly ‘Shonen anions, In mathemaie tis exigence dezoy ine. Ie rast one day appear there a8 an exgence exerting fel inthe void. On tat day it wal be close eo being fill. The need ‘of certainy will hen encounter it tre objet. God's mercy prscver mathematics fom being drowmed in mere technique For, wherever the sence of mathematics i 65 Sec ateee | merase Sees | Ininations of Chienty its origin and i denuson,demonsracve igourin mathematics would be to. Charity what mnieal technique io. Charey inthe Gregorian mela, There it a higher degre of mc technique in. Gregori phiwong than in Dich and Mort themveles the Gregorian chan a once pore ecnigue and pase love, in which, moreover, ike all rest art ems be ually the ame for sence, which, like ai nobing but 3 ‘pov eecton of the bey of the word. So it wasn Gc Demonte rigour he mati of he ato geonicy a stone he mate of pre, “The Pythagorean definition of fienskip, applied vo God and to mn, makes medation appear x being cacaelly love, sad faye a bing ene he mec. et this ao which Psa cape in he Spi ‘The same definiton applies ao to Giendthip brween mes, although hee i moce diay in his sce 2 Phau aid “Things ofthe same species, ofthe same root, and of the same sion, have no need of harmony.” + gent thet the Pythagorean shuld have coxen dion of dsp which der not aply to edadocipsberneen pen exzepe inthe bat pc. rcnshp Ge fiendiip in God berween the divine Penns. From ti flows fenshp between God and mann thea place oly een eee two meno ore. Thi hier does or prevent uma fendip fom having exited smong the Pythagorean in perfection, since the mos eele~ brated pai of fends, Damon and Pye, were of ther mie. ‘tod as doses ip by the Pybagoresn tain in lacing fendi aoag he vir. lamblia hr ns over Exaggerted, the Pytagerans recognized, and applied among themes to an liable dpi, commune dar 68 thea which Christleton dil: ‘Love one ance “The Pythagosan deinon apis w mea, beatse although they arin fe ofthe ne specks, ofthe ame root, ofthe same ‘ak, ey are nots in i bought, Por ech mn elf tnd il oles ae the ote. I at i oy the cee of the ‘The Pythagorean Decne worl hat contl postion epee in space by peopecive “The other hes ny tow fotos of he nie ote oe ls mgortint according a they ae more or les neat to Tate forte mat pr of ao tnpoce Ie may happen tn mah arf ie cent potion oui rae in ater Poa being known or ssknown t0 hie penenl, in whom be nls his teste and hi har. He hime thon become 9 Ineie portion of the univer, sometimes fly eomenble ‘omeates intel mul. Externe far tay proce hs ect 2 well as a cen Sor of love In the two ces when 4 haman ‘ing finds the centre ofthe nivene in another Us tanfrence always the eer of combination of mechanical forces which tewly subject the fst eo the second. The effec: occu the ‘combination offre isch dat ll though ofthe frre in he fit, questions of hope and far, pus necemily hrgh de second, Theresa cota dey inthe bral and mechanical haste ofraborinton in relasonship apparent olen, which bind a vero a mates, needy enon to a bene, ‘oir 0 Napoleon acer tpe of loa fae moter, 4 ic «fea an oom nee of the accom, A rea of ths sot may nto uma beings fora shoe fine, a moma diy afew mite ™ ‘Beep the exes where one human bing is bral subjected ‘oath, who dpeves him fr te ofthe powec of thning in the fis ponon, everyone pos of ote 3 he disposes o inert thingy eter in ftir bas che powe, ot in Cough There is, however, sill ne more exception, This is when to human begs met in sch ckcumtanos that neither sje tothe otber and cach ha to sh cal doce need of the omsnt ofthe other. Each oe then, without eating ink in the fas pron, ely understand thatthe other ala thinkin the fire penon. jac thn sec 2 » mtu phenomenon, “The legilaror sa mus be to make the occon ay numero as pole. But dhe janice this produced dow not couse harmony, snd itis jac withove fendi. A formula which ™ Intintons of Cicianty “Thucydides ptsin the mouth of ome Adheianepericly ies the matrlredstonsbenween human beng. "The hams mind being made sit i th jrixof mater s examined only ithe stan equal econ both es, Contrary, fone tong and the other weak, what spouts aecomlued by theft and sect bythe scond He ad ‘Of he got, we Beles, a oF ma, we ceil now, htt sa nec nw of the nate fe le wherever ey an! nie eins whee tre eu nd on bot side juice fs 4 ipertund eadhip which ret fom haemony. Harmony the uni of eonsatie. The conraricse God snd an; dat being which isthe conte of the worl, and tha other wbich is tay Engment in the wold, There cin be ‘iy only if fr al ati braces, hoop accomples a creo amg St whch pris he pep stu by pusing buck the ions of perspective tote tae Postion Ir mt be recognized that noting in the wold he fenze of the wor that the cee of the esl tone he orl, thn noting her below fas ce right to by I One mist “noun in voor of God tough love for Hm sd for he teh dis ilory power whieh Hear secordd uo hink in tbe fiat pono har accorded tou at may be pone for wo renounce iby love. Go sone ba the night fy“ teu Lamb Hi cate, ad is the mae fo thet being, at this renuncion doce ‘not cont in camporting ones own positon fom the cone ofthe wort ito Gad a cere poole {rior nto atocer mp. This wold be to love God at Racine’ Ocnone loves Phe a hs Pyne loves Ore, Some Jove God thu ven though ty shoul dea mate, he sot the vein love of God. The Tam’ of Gal, which i Fah dir ifinily Gom ae iwory T sm’ of en. God $Snoca penon inthe way tata man beers himself be. Here, doula, ithe meaning of the profound. Hind saying tht God mate concived of s penal and ingenonl he The Pyare Docine ‘Only the tr euncation ofthe power to think of everything in the fist person, the renunciation which snot 2 simple ene fence, gant to 4 man the knowledge that other soon are his fellows. Tis teaunistion is the lve of God, whether or not the ame of God be petnt in the mind, Thi is why the two comm ‘mandment make bu oe. In lw, he lve of Go int. Bot in Bet 2 among men all concrete thought has area objet this enunciation necesardy operates while thought i applied eet to things or co men. ln the Ent ee the love oF God appeat fit san adherence tothe beay ofthe week, the Steam i the Suhrence tn that indterimnate dtebaton ofthe ight and of ‘he ain which herebelow expres the perfection of ou Heavenly ithe. In the second ess, the love of God appest fist as lave fo ‘one's neighbour, and belore all for the weak and waforeuate sighbour, whom, according t the lw of ate, we do not ‘ven noice in paning near him, For che tet, jute te com sion is supernatural, ois rv gatinde ‘The renunciation of the power to think inthe Set person the abandonment of all word'y goods in order to follow the (Chris. All of san’ tear i simply the whole univee son ‘with inset centre. Men only love ice, power and social Consdertion because thay einfee the faery of tought in the Bt pecon. To accep poverty inthe literal sense ofthe word, 28 St Francs dd, to accept being noting ia the appearance ‘which one presen to anself od to others jst a one noting in realy, WFa man would make hin lnvabl, there is no ‘means more eran than to become poo, say a Span folksong, Such an aceptace isthe highest degree of love and of erth ‘When one apples the fem ‘Fiend isn equality made cof harmony’ to men, barmeny hs the meaning of the wnity of contac, The conta are aye ahd the othe, cones 0 ‘len that they have thei unity only in Gd, rendipbetwern hhuman beings, and jc, sre one and the same thing, except inthe ase where joie is imposed from outide by cream ances. Pat abo, in the Sympesam, indies this Mensty Intinaon of Chin enen perfec jie ad lowe. The Gotpel we itrchangely the words uc and love wit he ume iaieaton whee ry gion ofthe relations born mes the word je ated thre several tines in relent als Those whom the Chit tanks for having given Hin so a when He was hangy, ne elle the jos. Two pret feds ae ro men who, eg freuen contac daring» conssenbleporton of lve se always perf je one toward the ster, Ana of jue as lighting th of fendhp which a feng opportsty ces {0 surge up between ewo tic. If there 3 led jute, ote which mained. Tn cach ofthe thee sao indica by the word fend ‘hip, Gods always rndistor Hes medator between hime nd ims He is medatrbereenhinslan nan He's near Beowecn ne man and ane. God i esunally mediation God is the nique pple of hanocy. Tiss why ong sppropeine fo is ras “in ying Wheto or tee ae gard top in my same, the am Tin the mit of them’ Chris pombel Fis Ends, by exesion, the infty precious goo! fora of Jhsman en. Butt whatever oi nye ania ne two sel ens te t be found, an etremel se thing the Che among them no mater what may be the mane he God whore they invoke. Al woe Fenihip comes frm the Chi However, the sort of renunciation of peony anda sor of enip where he Chis never pre oven fe cxplcily and pesionsely snvaked, Tho happens when ene Fetoance the fist pason sngalir coy to subace the fet enon pla Then the rte tem att no longer yl aad {be oes, or cven mpl and the other, but homogecous fragment of Thee terms are thu of de same Ld of the ame foot, ofthe ame ranks it flows then by Phila? posal, dat hey camo be oined together by harmony. They ane joined by thenseles and witout meliaton, Thee w ne Badnce berween then, no empty space beove them where 6 Tie Pybegacan Dee God might exe. Noting itnre cnt Snip han sia keies quo of iy a ar ea pesonl spay or seni ins comes Se ge Ge see_all avis the tne na eee ‘igoa cmon Th hugh wit cadet fs pron ll tency Rear nee Sister thn tow which clothe for ps cee ce lnc pesonlarisacencplieafbent meth ee ship nthe ems of withthe mace Cod Tay Fito very prob supe bye Pips ete, Shing clr, na Ts opr oye Se mt age otal a ars here ow Intamrale Caton ts Ino is tnpin he coun of ie crt chy ane Septal jai, spel indi oe re nd tobe inp inal haan cco wh sie ee ing an egy oe o of ed hepa a comet The deter val cnet tay Sa a iio of te compen hasty wh ete Bak alow sr anon ets tht ofthe Titi, of he lanai, of the ary Seewen God anda anda cai bercen dee fh form ofbarony, vaca lags Tacit tpi mena ap tacos Be ohne ma fody and oul cep te eyo ex enn erences copie watch sce mye Tas Eth bee Phy tot being enced wth pon dos norcoaca Tecoma whisk heed a de Pench eh one 2nd dat which rose is fom oat wis ‘eller maces Ta needa theme nee tlimis wih bla grins gl ocreohce vice, Toh "Thenet of de havens cy nee ae Pes ough "Thee of th pir of cont not eid ei ven ‘fe vey osc ssh very prloendreoa Se " Iiinatons of Christy great constructions that have been made throughout th entuis Under the name of theories of knowledge eis number, says Phiolaus, which gyees things 2 body. He dds that number sccomplihes dt effect by snaking them tndectundable 36 provided by the natze Of the. guomon, “The word gnomon if ken in ifr sene, i the verti tera of the sundial. This tem remains immobile wi it shadow tums and change in length. The vatablenss ofthe shadow is determined by the ieamoblty of the sem on account of the ‘movement ofthe ening sun, This relationships che ove which ‘mathematicians today refer to by the names ofthe invariant and the group of variaon. Thi sone ofthe Fundamental ideas of the oman mind Te is surpesing co rad thar number giver a body to hing ‘We would sooner expect a form, Yet Phila” formulas lally tee All cones and rigorous analysis of perception, of illusion, of fnsy, of deem, of toe sates mote ot les neat to Fallucisation, show thar che perception of the rel world ders from the rors resembling i only bose the rea ncldes & contact with cet. (Maine de Bian, Laguen and Alin have Shown the grease dicemment upon thi poine) Necty slays appeas cous as an exsmble of lie of vacation, deter ‘ined by fixed elaonsipeand invariants, Realty for the human ‘nd i comtct with neceity. There is eontadicton here fot ecesity i ineligible, noe aagible Thor the fing of reality onsitts a harmoay and a mystry. We convince outer of the realty ofan objet by going around itn operation scr ively producing varied appearances which ate determined by the immobility of «form whichis dierent from al the appearance, fewcrog 0 them and transcending thea. By this operation we Know thatthe abject thing atl nota apparition, that it hs a body "Thus quancaive schuionshipe which ply dhe patt of the .guomon do indeed consiue the body ofthe object. Lagu, > ‘whom Phiolaus eqeaton wat doubles unknown, made the 178 The Pye Dace analy by means of cubic box. None ofthe appearances or vem) of the hor In the form of see, bu Scr ar {Ec box rand know ht hci nm hs determines th ‘atin of the spprest fom. This dering coe com. sues th ery body of teat so wel fru tat in oking tbe box we ire wee cb, ich however omer oe Ge, The edasonip ofthe cab which: popes peng. sever scn in he appearances prodaced by perspec be ‘cisonship of tie tem of the sundial fo te shadows The trample ofthe eae s prop stil more bea Et one of thse rations ean by at sealogie tanspostion, faith he ey to the whole of oman knowiedg, Theve great prin rman indfately wp de lone For asthe ray of deinen neces whose ercrte is that of he gnorton, supported by someling, Nesey ss have support for by et sential conitnal, Went + bus i but abseason; apo 2 bus conse ihe rey ‘fection ie Oftbas we cans have hele conecpane, However the recs had 3 word (eepor which mets ot once limited and indetemint. Tho 5 wha Plat ell she recpacl te marx the halla, the eens whch the tthe ofl ings andthe ume ine Says nace lay ign. Weer isthe ot image of tha bee it a ee fonm nor clour even hogh stb vsble and tage: On it ssc iis imposible no to noe thatthe wor ater ‘moter, sa (a), Mare one cach ote tthe pit beng almou identical This chatter of wate thes ito acount ‘mobic weak more thn is power wah For a, mater simply wha injec to ect, We Anow noting be about Ness cited for sy the aunsiade vs of vation ithe “pprenees, Wheres ‘ily spaking o quit, hte meng alogoay & eset afin i an, ci a ‘reel ale umber or rato o lg nit ira ths whch cones mit. The cere image of fain Ininaton of Cristy fs famihed by continaous src of wiangle having the same angles. This proporson. Te is by geometry thatthe iden of fintion i eva ‘Nectsy ian enemy for man as long as hinks in che ine erin. To tl she rath, he har with nevi the thee sores of Felaionsip which he har with men. In Gantry, of by the ‘xcs of social power, i sems to be hi slave. tn advenits, Privaions ge, ering, be above alin aficson i ees volute and Brutal maser, In soedhokcal ation thee ba pit, of equlibium where necnity, by ie conditional. chaettr, sets man a once with obstacle and with means ia elation 6 the paca ends which he punter and wherein here i ort of quality berween a man's wll nd universal neces. This point tf equilibrium isto dhe relaionship of man wid the word what ‘tut jac it othe relationship berween men, Inthe organ Jnaton af work of technology of all human scivity, on mus. tay to achive Hs point of equlriarn a ofien a poole. For the pardcular sk ofthe legislators ocean socal i, the fall mesare ofthe pone nara images of ropematirl vires, ‘Ths active eqlmurn beoween man and univeral nee, Jned to the equim of ores and of news between me, ‘would constute, if such 2 thing could exist for along time, ‘tural happiest, The aspiration to natural happiest good, Ielthy and precios; just 2 is good for the health of acd ‘hat he sould be stacted o food by ite savour, although che chemicd composition, and not the savour, conscurs the good Ine The experince of and the dese fo, superstar joys do not detroy the soul spraion to mata bappines, they ‘Confers fillet anda sgnficance upon it. Natural hapines hat tno rea vale eacet when peste pate joy is added to it by he seniment of besry. Crime and action, each one in 4 erent manner bat with equal ieacy, deszoy forever the tspication to satura joy "The equlibrim berween the human wil and accexity in methodic acon ix only an image if ne aks Fra cali it The Pythoeren Decrine isalle. Notably whet man takes fr hi onde lays simply his ‘means. Fatigue forces him to ind ilason nthe ate of ttense Ligue, man cesser to cling to hie own action and even 10 his own wil; he sees himself ata thing which push ects itis elf pated by a contin. erly, the human vill, although 2! ceruin seniment of choice be eda tached tit issimplya phenomenon among all hove which ace subject to nesesty. The prot of thi thatthe ill admis limi. The infin alone is ouside the empite of nee. nthe univers, man expeiones nse nly oo fr ati at nce an obvacle and 2 condition of accomplihing his will Henceforth the expaione of necniey i never eniely fice of isons inevitably connected withthe exerci ofthe wil. To think of ecenity in a way that spore, mb detached fom themater whichsupporstand cansied arabica ccadtons Jenowed ne wih the others Necesity, bth pare snd conition 's the we objet of mathematics and of crn operons of howght which are analogous to mathematics) which ates theoretical pare and rigorous ss mathematic but which ate not given mame because dey ate not dicemed. Contry tue ‘idespread prejalice of our day, mathematics i befell sence of ate ot rater, sth science of nate, the only one Every ether science i simply purl appeason of mathe TE neces is choughe of a condtonsl, man i not prent under any beading, he hss no par ini ote the very procee by which he thinks ie The Gury from which eis procoonde it understood by its nature to be withdrawn fiom necesity, ‘withdraw from limit and fom number. The purely conditional Progresion of accasity & the progrenion of demonsraon fell. Thus regatded,necesiy is for'man no longer ether an enemy ofa star. And yeti x something range and which Impose iss preace. The knowledge of semble phenomena {is uniguly the recognition in these phenomena of romething talaga to that purely condiionalneceniy. The same is rue Iatinatons of Chitty for psychological and socal ghenomen. One knows them 50 (Gr & one recopioes in thems concretely and precy a ech ‘cccaon the precnce of «necsity analogous to mathemtic nocesity, Thi is why che Fythagoteans sid that we know nothing but namer. The called mathemati neceitynamber tr elaonhip Myos oe loys Machematieal neceniy san incermediary beewsen the whole ‘atu pare of man whith ie corpoe and peyhial matter and the infty small portion of himself which doesnot blo this world. Man, ehough he suggle, of vainly, to sus in hime the contrary ison, is here below dhe dave of natal forces which infinitely supa him, Thi foree which gover: the ward and sakes every man obey, at a man armed with, a ld i eran to make a ave acy tis rc is dhe mati a thst which te human mind concewer of under the name of recess. The reatembip of nereaty to the intelligence not the telatonship ofthe master tthe seve. Ndr ite revere, or tht of two fce men. Ite thereltonsip ofthe objec con templated vo te contemplation. The ful in man which lok spon the mow brutal fore, a one looks st 2 pice, naming JE necesiy, is not dhe portion of man which belong to che ‘other worl, That fc i a he intercon ofthe to world The fcalty which does noe belong to tt word ithe uly of| consent: Man eto content wo neces, or 0 Tis bets ‘ot atl him exept when e coneivs offre a neces, thac so sy, when he contemplate it. He snot free to consent te forces sh, The dave who sss the lh ied above him does not consent, nor refise his consent, he eemble, And yet under the name of ncceity is indeod to brute force dat tan con ‘en, and when he consent ii indeed toa lash. No mower, no motive canbe suis for such 3 consent. This consent mad nes, man's own parla madness, the madness chat belongs 0 ‘man ike Creston, ike te Ineamation, together withthe Pasion, onsite God's own madnes. These two madness swe each (er Ie eno srpising that chs world shoud be the place of i ‘The Pythagran Derive allison above all oer, for witout pespetlly suspended Alster no fly on man's pate could echo that of God, whichis slredy wholly conned inthe ac of creation. Foe in eeating Gol renounce being al, He sbundons abi of bing to what oer than Himself Creation i renunciation by love, The te response che exces of divine love does noe contin volun tunly infleing safering upon oneself, forthe sulleing one Infics upon oncelf, however intense ot long, or violent it may bey isnot destocive. eis notin the power of bing o desroy mse. The true reply consis only in consenting tothe post Iai of bing destroyed, that is oy nthe powbiy of ttl distr, whether dat dasteracullyhappen not. Noone vee inflicts diseeron him nether ou of love noe perversity. At ‘he more one ea, ander one or the other inspiron, ake Ainwactedly and af meonscouly two or three stp lading to the dipery point where ne becom 2 peey co gravity and from whch one fill on stones that break ones back, "The consent to neceity i pure love, and even in 3 certain manner an exces of love. Thi love hat nat noose wel or ‘object, nor the vice world of which ei ue otf I mot in ‘man's power tolove matter strech, When aman loves aa je, itis ther because e hatin thought lodged a orton of his part I in i, sometimes alto 4 dard furte, or ee becase ths object refer to another aman being, One lover an object whichis + rmindet of abeloved ponon,oes workofart whichis he work ‘ofa manof gonia: The univeris memento fru the emindee ‘of tome beloved being? The univers ia work ofa; wh cit 5 the author oft? We have no answer to tse questions, But ‘when love, fom which dhe ensent to necsity proceed, exit ia us, we poses experimental poof tht there i an anrwe. Foritisnt out ofloe fr other men thar we consent to acco ‘Thelove for other men sina sete an obstacle this consent, Fe ecesity crushes tho other swells ourselves 1 forthe ove ‘of omething which i nota amin person, and who is yet some thing like «penon, For wbst i not something like «person not 18 Intinatons of Ceiity an object of love. Whatever a pero’ profesed belie in regard to religious matters, including atheism, wherever there sco plete, suthentc and unconditional consent to neces, thee filles of love for God; and nowhere ce. This coment one sures participation n the Cross of Chri. In naming Lops that human ad divine bring whom he loved above all and by whom he was cheshed, St.John incade in ‘one word, aman ever ether inftely precios thought, the ‘whole Stoic decine of amor fa. Thx word Loyon, borrowed fiom the Gres Stoic who had recived it from Herel, bas several mesnings, but the pencipal one stat quanttaive law ‘of variation ‘which consitatesnecety, Fun and lyr ae ‘moreover, semanacaly tated: Futons mecesiy, aceite legos, and legs the rel ame of what we most ardently love The love which Se. Jab bore for Him who wat hi end and his Lord when be was lasing on His boom dating the Last Suppers the ame love which we shoul bear towatd the mate mata progrosion of cases and eects which, from time to time, make of usa sore of formals ely, This mane award, (One of Chri most profound and mont obcure sings ‘eves this abi. The biteeest reproach shat men make of thisnecesity its abulateindierence co moral vales: Righteous sen and cominal receive a egal share ofthe ene ofthe sn and ofthe ran; the sighteous and the criminal quay safer Sunsteake and drowning in Rood Iti peecaly this ndilerence ‘hich the Chis ites to look upon and to imitate very exprsien of the pefacson of onr heavenly Father, To initate this inference i umply to consent oi han accept the existence ofall that exit ncading the ev, excepting only hat potion of ev which we have dhe polity, snd the obiga- ‘son, of preventing. By ths simple word the Chit annexed ll Stoic thought, and by the same token al of eral and Plo [No one could ever prove tha ich an abwurdity 1s consent to necesity could be posse. We can only recognize it. Thete ae $n hee sale which consent eo 4 The Pyhagean Decne Nees sprsily dhe intermediary Berwecs om nate sad our ilintly small fealy of fee coment foe our nas tsbmisive 1 and one consent sce i Even Sy wit We think ofthe sven we tink so of nce me bing the increta betwoen trod God. AS we cvsnt to nee Sty, 20 tof all Godby an etm ae, coment fo Bat arin ouseles we all ont, in Gad we ell Wil God exter she exitence of neceiy Yo be spread ought spice and tine by the fice hat He thnks Go hough God, and in his seth Son the nage ofthe ater Gods thovght ix tho the order of the werk and in dis sense Word dhe ordre ofthe wel, fo in God alisubjcs ali Pat at the Cre i o0 one hand, te maior beenem God asd man, and on the other the mediator between ta ad ht ‘eighbour, 0 mathemati nowt son oe andthe meso Berween God and things sod on he other fetwec ech ng snevery other thing. Ths ocoty costs an order whey tachi, engin ple, pial ier things tock The Srnec ef bumlate ents fr eal fag cquialet of wr the enn tothe extn of oe for {ke haan pine, tat ay chat soward one cig Moreover, formas, iow Bt he a natrl being kepng, hin nije Order is eq dino, The anivee,sbminive to ie, ira paper booming, Te energy which moves 5 the pape of apece of equim: Bue, neverntos, ths ‘coming, compan of the spec of eqlibeumy in ally > equltriom becane he spas of ejlbsium compensate cach oe This trong i libs iced a ne Tis ‘swt Atasinande's props forma express thermal of nthomable depth eis saetng fom the indeterminate tha the brn of thingy accompli. eis bya tera to the indeterminate at dts deeracton coma sown enrety wih eceity. For they subat fo» chsomene anda % Ininatos of Criinty repartion to cack other, became of thi injustice, according to the order of time’ Considered in itelf all change, and ‘onsequenly any phenomenon, however smal, includes che principle ofthe desroction of unveral order, Convery, com ‘deed nits connerion with all phenomena continod in the totality of space and of time, connection stich mes » mit upon chge and pots i in relation to ap equal and inverse ruptore of equbstom, each phenomenan conans in isl che ton presen of the erdr ofthe worl ‘Netesty being the mditor berween matter and God, we conceive of God's wil with regard to necessity, and with regard fo matte being ovo diferent telationsipe. For the human Imagination ths dfetence is expesed in an inewably deerive ‘manner bythe myth of the orginal chaos wherin God eables ‘onde; aint wiedom wae wrongly reproached for ts myth, Df which a wace i abo found in Genesis. Another manner of indiatng ths dfeseace so eat noesiry particularly 0 the Second. Pein of the Trinity, regal idhr av ordees, oF as the Soul of he World. The Soul ofthe Weed ithe order of the tworld conceived of a penon. An Orphic vere indicates the same diferencebysying"Zeur created the sniverse and Baechs fompleed it” Bacchus the Word, Eventhough mater exists only in that ti wiled by God, ncesity, bang mediator, is ener to Gods wll Necsityithe obedience of mater t9 God. ‘hus the pt of conti constited by nec n matter and best in uy as te meeting in obedience, for to be fee, for ws isto dsr toobey God. Alloher Uber fale “When thing ate dhs conceived of the idea of «mice i n0 longer one which we an arcept of rfc hay, rigorously, no leet igacans, Or ater tae no oder significance dan hat of an appearance exci cetaininfoeace upon souls 3 2 ‘tain levels snted infiocne of good and of ei, So long a we think in thefts penon, we ee necsity fom teow, fom inde, iencows us onal sides athe srfce ofthe arta the at fd sky. From theme we rence thinking 186 The Py inthe fist person, by consent to necenity, we seit frm ouside, beneath ws or we Rave paced to God ie. The side hich i ture tous befor, and sil presents to sinout the whole of out beng, the maura pet of oases, ir bra dination, Th side hich it presen aes this operation, the rage of out mind ‘which has pated to the oer side is pure obedience, We have become sors of te home, and we love the doi of his save, seceity, which a frat we tok fo a master. cn Destine ‘Bur the pony of mich change in pon of view since ceivable wabout experience. At the moment when We eres solved convent to neces, we cannot fxs te fats of his Consent. Ths conven sly inthe is pce pare suri ‘Abo iis way superstar rs the work of Gace dns, Gol works in us widow only we allow oul o be mated ‘pon, When we bese cotcocs of thi, the work aleady ding, we find outs pled whout ever hevng ken 1 peg! we ean no loge ten sway on God excep. by at ac ffhigh exon ‘Ars borionl place thew of the ppc nd of he wee series, nconity for ate the insseion of oboe {© God and ofthe Brat force wich odes crac At th sane level ofthe nsec, necesitypatipts in oman fn the one hand, and on the other parcpate i ineligence, fn jasc, in buoy and in Sith, The sae lr contrat 8 evident. Ther for example omching herd, meal: opis Something indole bythe sind inthe conecon Denon the diferee proper ofthe tangle and of the ule ‘Bu jut atthe onder af the wed, in Goda dine Peon which’ may be alld he ordeing Word, ot the Sod of he Weslo 'n whe younger brothas, nceity i easonp the isfy hough in acon. "The eer ofthe so ayy Spinoes are the demonstrates themselves” It oe in oe ower to mody che sm of the gees of thsi nthe ih {ngled ingle but thre sno au fhe rnd dows noe wrk ‘ut hy conceiving the demomsracion. Aleady inthe dom of Ita of Chistity wile numbers one and one can cemain side by side throughout etpensty oftime; they never make two wales an ineligence pefoxms the act of adding tem, Atentveintellgence slo has ‘he power of carrying ou the coanerions tide yoon that ttetion relates, the connections divalve Boubless there age 1 very many connections belonging to the memory. tte sent, othe imagination, eo hab obi, bc thse do mot include neesty. The neceaty conte: tons which coast the ‘very rity ofthe weed have no rity in themels excep a the’ object ‘of inllcetual anton in ation. ‘This correlation between necesity and che fee act ofthe atetion i a marvel The greater the indspenmble effort of stention, the more ti marvels visbl. Tht much more obviows in regard t nda imental eats conceming quanti: elld itaona, sch Be square rot of wo, han in fegardto damon concer ing wiole number To concere ofthe i with the sae go ofthe second, to conceive of them ae rigrouay necesey, Fequies a much greater effort of atetion. Alo they are much sore pecous "This virtue of intllecual atention makes itan image of he ‘Wisdom of God. God creas by che sct of thinking We. by inet! tention, donot indeed crore, we prodoce no objet, yet in our sphere we do ina catn way give bith 0 rea. “This inellocralstenton i a the intescton of che nar and of the sopematural pat ofthe soul, Having conditional rnecesity a objec, this tension produces only 2 bales ‘We confer upon objets and upon persons around ws all hat we have of the funen of relty whch wo thisinellectal atendon weal chat auenon of wll higher degree which is ccepance, consent, love. Bu akealy the fet thatthe relationship which ‘ker up the tse of necesty dependent upon thea of our ateoa makes its ching belonging to which we eas love. ‘Also every human being who sufer tsomewhat reve only the fas a cera elevation of spc, when be ceatly percives Bn The Pythegeen Decrine {he necesty connection of user and eects which produce bis ssfesing [Necsiy shares ako injustice. And ye ina sense i isthe ceoneary of juice. We have onderstood nothing 0 long 36 we 40 not kaow what dence tere as Pt pe bencne cecnee ofthe ncensty and at ofthe good jes er me Presenter schon, coc the pod,rjesonofea ce ithe abence of ci inrence Yer iti ae princpl of coesitnce. And byte opeme fase Bee S scapance of the cocienc with oundve af ll ces tod all ding, which make up the exten is pemiaie Ie eum, bt not wo date at they should for ext Is ‘man wal as sch dee he wld oehing wo pares cad thence, Ouse he tly obigny ea oe il them non, Nothing more eqed its wel ndetond thaw abst fom the good whch oe has th oppo os human bang st don ham. Ime seeped oeertacs ‘wi ounces of xing nd of tg, we hal nw oad Aonizaton och nce donation and cho have ee tue thin ca vel ove thence, ming te she fal Uti ote han curves Allene al poten ae cua fos af he refi of tis coves ace {ise says dow the frac paar cae * Thar i an slog beeween he fiety of the righvanged tangle the wasup whch frtide to megs Saas Gil of whch is hypothe mets aad of ‘ho, fr cramp sain from he agus of power oat Imenc atthe pc offal. The ft ay bergendel ans foot crampl of the cond. One can 12 mich; when ofc bes ereved athens nui natu often Sng bodesin ng outa wat precely w much thes dose tet no mote std ol Henciow sp "The a ay fg beyond ie bounds, other the Baye, moran of Jee woud overakeit lane laa’ Ther wa ionoge ‘he ey in tings to thet plc nthe ender of the wok % | | Inno of Chins fide to which man may pestis equvalest only once bes arrived at perecon, once become dente with hs own oe. Aon The contemplation ofthe fideiy of hing eerie ‘isle weld rin ther mathemati aso, mals 16a power means of cheng tha fly. The fav ean of this contemplation snot a chose bt to conser inary to tbe cance of ll at ext Ths nivel een he ne thing as decent, and aay stachment even the wei and snot legate in appearance, aoa oie Ts why tut never be frgoten chat the Ligh shines pata eal Beings and hing le th che nage of the eave wl of Goa which upold oq al hac exit es ots ree wl Te isahe bey ofthe world which permis wc contemplate and wlove nee. Wioot bevy ths wld not be ponte For even thought conn i the very fino of te supe satura pot ofthe sol camotin Ect operate waoue seein Comply fom the arpa of te sols cre a by The falls of hin compiy the alls of joy exten nkapines on the contrary ake thi comply at a or Sime esol imponble But even tare men who hee the infinitely pcoou preg of prin nthe Cros of Crt could nxn of thy bad no been hrouph joy, The Cee cw the peecton of amin joy tfere Seg pecptated 10 the depth of human dire And pute joy b nding bette feling of beary. ‘Besuy ia mjery ie it whats most mystaious here belo ar it ba fc. Everybody recogni ts power, incloing the snot worn or he mest vil hgh vey fe knew hee to Understand and 9 cit ei ave in thc owe acuchy ln grcral manner all hmn beings se wor chat refer 1 Beauy > deigat le things toy cighly o weonly give wary what tr tee ee ee a ey Be tebe ny esr Benny ate supreme vos To be pec, the i hoe below bur one angle ewe, The Python Dorine thatthe Beauty ofthe Wonld All other beauty are reflections ofthat one, be they fatfl and pure, defomed and so, oe ‘ren dabotially perverted, In fac, the word is bea. When we are aloe inthe bate of mature and dsposed to gives atenton, something incnes to Tove what satrounds Gy which, howeve, conse only of bate matt, ine, dumb and deaf. And beau eoucher ull the more Kenly where neceicy appats in 2 most maniat ‘manner, foe example in the fs that gravity has impeesed pon ‘he motintains, on the waves of thes, or on the cou of te sar. In pure mathemati ab, necesity bs eplndnt in bay, Doxbilew the very essence ofthe pereption of keny iil the sentiment of thar neesity one of whore fice brwal strait and the other obedience to God. Thanks t9 4 peo lentil mere, this truth i made mani in the earal pst of ‘ur soul and c¥en i some sotto our bode, ‘This caster of mares iepeicred by the proiace, jn the rccesry connections which compou the univer oder of divine vests symbolically expresed. Herin s the marvel of rmarvey and ai were, che secret signature ofthe arte (One does double arm to mathematics when one segs it ‘only 22 rational and aberac peclation, leis hat, but lo the very science of matte, aseence totally concrete and its se 4 mystcim, those cre ogee and insearbly ‘When one contemplates the propery which makes of the icle the leas of he apices ofthe ight-angled rangle having the same hypotenuse, ifone picture athe sme time a pian deeb ing te ctle and th projection of thi pein upon the amet ‘onteinpliton may extend fr toward the depeh and towed the height. The fii of the movements ofthe ewe poine, one siecle other aerating, inldes the posbliey ofall dhe ‘cunformations of czculr movement into akerating oy, and convenely, which ate che bats of our technology. Thi te Principle of the operation by which a grind sharpens knives (On the other hand, the iclar movetent, if one conceives Intmatos of Chisnty notof point bata whol ccle eming upon itl isthe pre lage oh cera ct whch conti te ry ‘Thi movement consttuct one operon without soy cage sd whch cre yon sole The erating mown ee Prise whic cmc and gos opon he dame ele She cil sd imagecfall Boman here below as nage he succnive and conzary rap of eutionum, the eerie {atine of motions equlium i aon, This bcos indeed the proetion of vie le apm eth Are mee ceclnthe moving pint onthe diameter ol igen on to all he becomings ofthe worl Aste Be sy ie the raging ofthe se The opment on theright angle Whi foe the pot ofthe cee fn propcon up he as es the iu nce te ead Atthe ame ie, rom he point of view of auntie te the mean proportional the edition betes the no pe the dimer which at on cher side of the post Tat ae inne ofthe Word Ina gene way the calc hneeney oe

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