| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Euthyphro by Plato: SOCRATES: And are you not saying that what is loved of the gods is holy;
and is not this the same as what is dear to them--do you see?
EUTHYPHRO: True.
SOCRATES: Then either we were wrong in our former assertion; or, if we
were right then, we are wrong now.
EUTHYPHRO: One of the two must be true.
SOCRATES: Then we must begin again and ask, What is piety? That is an
enquiry which I shall never be weary of pursuing as far as in me lies; and
I entreat you not to scorn me, but to apply your mind to the utmost, and
tell me the truth. For, if any man knows, you are he; and therefore I must
detain you, like Proteus, until you tell. If you had not certainly known
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Memorabilia by Xenophon: formula for the well-trained Athenian who can speak fluently and
reason clearly, and act energetically and opportunely.
[4] Reading {kai euphuesteros on} [or {e os}] . . . {apo sukophanton}
[or {sukophantion}], after Cobet, "P. X." s.v. Archedemus. The
MSS. give {kai ephe raston einai}--"nothing is easier," he said,
"than recovering from sycophants."
[5] For this formula cf. "Econ." vi. 24. Cf. Plat. "Statesm." 299 A.
[6] {ede tote}. Cf. Plat. "Laws," vi. 778 C.
[7] Lit. the {kaloi kagathoi}, which like {khrestous} and {ponerous}
has a political as well as an ethical meaning.
[8] Lit. "must associate with these (the {ponerois}) instead of those
The Memorabilia |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
LUK 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed
down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your
bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be
measured to you again.
LUK 6:39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the
blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
LUK 6:40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is
perfect shall be as his master.
LUK 6:41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye,
but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
King James Bible |
