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| Chapter XIX.—Testimony of Pythagoras.
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Chapter XIX.—Testimony of Pythagoras.
And
Pythagoras, son of Mnesarchus, who expounded the doctrines of his own
philosophy, mystically by means of symbols, as those who have written his
life show, himself seems to have entertained thoughts about the unity of
God not unworthy of his foreign residence in Egypt. For when he says that
unity is the first principle of all things, and that it is the cause of
all good, he teaches by an allegory that God is one, and alone.2545
And that this is so, is evident from his saying that
unity
and one differ widely from one another. For he says that unity belongs to
the class of things perceived by the mind, but that one belongs to
numbers. And if you desire to see a clearer proof of the opinion of
Pythagoras concerning one God, hear his own opinion, for he spoke as
follows: “God is one; and He Himself does not, as some suppose,
exist outside the world, but in it, He being wholly present in the whole
circle, and beholding all generations; being the regulating ingredient of
all the ages, and the administrator of His own powers and works, the
first principle of all things, the light of heaven, and Father of all,
the intelligence and animating soul of the universe, the movement of all
orbits.” Thus, then, Pythagoras.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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