Friday, September 27, 2013

NEAREST TO DIVINITY


This is an excellent epigraph to my PreSocratica section, which would make Nietzsche proud. It comes out of hallowed antiquity, too, namely, from the great Cicero. Here it is:

The nearer antiquity was to its divine origins, the more clearly it perceived what was true.” Cicero: Tusculanae Disputationes, i.

I could not have a better ornament for the present section!

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