The Mystery of the Ages Contained in the Secret Doctrine of All Religions
Book Description
When Hiero, the tyrant of Syracuse, once proposed to the philosopherS imonides the questijon: What is God? the latter desired a day to consider it. Being asked the same question the next day, he desired two days for that purpose, and thus from time to time doubled the number. Hiero, being greatly surprised at this, inquired the reason of his conduct. Because, saidS imonides, the longer I consider ...
MoreWhen Hiero, the tyrant of Syracuse, once proposed to the philosopherS imonides the questijon: What is God? the latter desired a day to consider it. Being asked the same question the next day, he desired two days for that purpose, and thus from time to time doubled the number. Hiero, being greatly surprised at this, inquired the reason of his conduct. Because, saidS imonides, the longer I consider the subject, the more obscure it seems to be. Should you now ask of me this same question, says Cicero, in his dissertation De Natura Deorum On theN ature of the Gods, I will reply to you asS imonides did to the tyrant of Syracuse; and I am disposed to believe, he continues, thatS imonides, who was not only an excellent poet, but also was neither wanting in erudition nor in good sense, after his mind had followed opinion after opinion, one more subtle than the other, without being able to discern which were true, finally lost all hope of finding Truth. Thus far the learned of old.
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