This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...daughter, as a Bvvais emanating from him,2 but Julian will not admit the human element.3 As for the adventures of his childhood, ravra ixev virr)p%e, fieiovcos Be r) /car avdpayirov. 1 They say, ' continues Julian, 'that Heracles crossed the sea in a golden bowl, but my belief is that he walked on the waters. To ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...daughter, as a Bvvais emanating from him,2 but Julian will not admit the human element.3 As for the adventures of his childhood, ravra ixev virr)p%e, fieiovcos Be r) /car avdpayirov. 1 They say, ' continues Julian, 'that Heracles crossed the sea in a golden bowl, but my belief is that he walked on the waters. To Heracles all things are possible.'4 Zeller5 quotes rt'os ixeiv tfTifcv el Tt)s Tidtcovos Sidvoias tlffw rtav abvrtav SvvriBel-ij Siafiaetv. Perhaps the best example in Plato is Phaedrus, 250 B; cf. Lobeck, Aglaoph. 57: Etenim Plato in Phaedro cum docere vellet quantum oblectationis habeat inquisitio et investigatio veri ( Tw vvrws oirrwv flea) exemplum sumit a mysteriis contenditque animos e rerum superarum immutabiliumque oognitione plus voluptatis capere quam divinae species initiatis afferant. 1 Auct. de Myst. i. 8. 'See infra and 149 B. Julian in his philosophical writings is usually a strong opponent of anthropomorphism, though we can hardly say with Naville 'L'anthropomorphisme lui est tout a fait etranger;' cf. the assertion of 219 b and 82 r, the flewc-yivri are itpavrj alffBiifftt Koi ivepiKra, discerned with difficulty even by the kindred cods, with contra Chr. 200 A, where Asclepius assumes the human form. 4 219 D. Phil, der Oriech. v. p. 720. the passage to illustrate the belief of Iamblichus and his school in visible revelation. But Julian goes on: 'For all the elements bow down before the demiurgic and efficient power of that pure and undying intelligence which Zeus made to descend to earth by the aid of Athene.' By making Heracles a Bvvafiis, Julian seems to put out of question the physical appearances of the legend.1 Julian's treatment of the Dionysus legend (221) leaves the reader altogether in doubt as to whether he believed in the ...
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