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Article TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' REVIEW. ← Page 8 of 8 Article THE PHILOSOPHER AND HIS PUPIL. Page 1 of 7 →
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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Review.
iug , that the ancient name of the Esk river , on whose banks " the little Steeple " of Brechen is erected , was Isaca , or Sttca , that consequently the Brechin Tower is a temple of Seea , and that figures of the Elephant and Horse are well known sculptures discovered on the temples of Seea , both in Hindoostan and in the island oi Java . R . T .
The Philosopher And His Pupil.
THE PHILOSOPHER AND HIS PUPIL .
THE first rays of the rising sun were gilding the marble palaces and temples of Crotona , when Heros and bis companions , fresh from tbe wine-house and the stews , frightened the silence of the blushing morn by their loud jests and bacchanalian songs . The careful citizen , starting from his slumber , prayed Minerva that his sons might not resemble Heros ; the virgin , who had gazed upon him with enamoured eyes ,
vowed a wreath to Juno to incline the libertine to marriage ; while tbe aged augur , employed at that early hour in decorating the temples for the morning sacrifice , scowled after him , and prophesied of evil . Reckless alike of censure or esteem , the mad troop bounded on , appearing , in their flowing garments and flower-crowned brows , more like a band of spectres than children of the earth . At length they reached the
building where Pythagoras , who had fled from his native Samos , disgusted with the tyranny of Polycrates , taught that system of philosophy which has rendered his name immortal . Even at that early hour his
school was thronged with pupils , who formed a circle round their inspired master , so wrapped in his discourse , so mute and breathless , that they more resembled a group of statuary from the chisel of the divine Praxiteles than an assembly of living men . The subject of his discourse was the then mysterious science of geometry , the knowledge of which he had acquired in his travels through Egypt and Judea , and
which , veiled in allegory and symbols , he taught to his more favoured disciples . In the midst of his lecture , the propriety of the assembly was disturbed b y the unceremonious entrance of Heros and his companions , who , reckless and eager for sport , thought to confound the philosopher , and turn bis doctrines into mirth . Pythagoras received them with undismayed countenance , and , perceiving their design ,
resolved , by changing the subject of his lecture , to shame them , if possible , from the vice to which they were the slaves . "Drunkenness , " he exclaimed , "ye men of Crotona , is alike the grave of manhood and of virtue ; the homicide of reason—of that noble faculty wliich the gods have given to mankind to distinguish them from
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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Review.
iug , that the ancient name of the Esk river , on whose banks " the little Steeple " of Brechen is erected , was Isaca , or Sttca , that consequently the Brechin Tower is a temple of Seea , and that figures of the Elephant and Horse are well known sculptures discovered on the temples of Seea , both in Hindoostan and in the island oi Java . R . T .
The Philosopher And His Pupil.
THE PHILOSOPHER AND HIS PUPIL .
THE first rays of the rising sun were gilding the marble palaces and temples of Crotona , when Heros and bis companions , fresh from tbe wine-house and the stews , frightened the silence of the blushing morn by their loud jests and bacchanalian songs . The careful citizen , starting from his slumber , prayed Minerva that his sons might not resemble Heros ; the virgin , who had gazed upon him with enamoured eyes ,
vowed a wreath to Juno to incline the libertine to marriage ; while tbe aged augur , employed at that early hour in decorating the temples for the morning sacrifice , scowled after him , and prophesied of evil . Reckless alike of censure or esteem , the mad troop bounded on , appearing , in their flowing garments and flower-crowned brows , more like a band of spectres than children of the earth . At length they reached the
building where Pythagoras , who had fled from his native Samos , disgusted with the tyranny of Polycrates , taught that system of philosophy which has rendered his name immortal . Even at that early hour his
school was thronged with pupils , who formed a circle round their inspired master , so wrapped in his discourse , so mute and breathless , that they more resembled a group of statuary from the chisel of the divine Praxiteles than an assembly of living men . The subject of his discourse was the then mysterious science of geometry , the knowledge of which he had acquired in his travels through Egypt and Judea , and
which , veiled in allegory and symbols , he taught to his more favoured disciples . In the midst of his lecture , the propriety of the assembly was disturbed b y the unceremonious entrance of Heros and his companions , who , reckless and eager for sport , thought to confound the philosopher , and turn bis doctrines into mirth . Pythagoras received them with undismayed countenance , and , perceiving their design ,
resolved , by changing the subject of his lecture , to shame them , if possible , from the vice to which they were the slaves . "Drunkenness , " he exclaimed , "ye men of Crotona , is alike the grave of manhood and of virtue ; the homicide of reason—of that noble faculty wliich the gods have given to mankind to distinguish them from