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On Freemasonry.
" Suffer not sleep at night to close thine eyes , Till thrice thy acts that day thou hast o'errun , How slipt ? What deeds , what duty left undone 1 " Abstinence was recommended , so far as mi ght be safely practised , from wine , meat , sleep . In his theory of the virtue of TemperancePythagoras used a complication of
, triads . Thus , he said , if we listen to the language of the flesh , we shall hear it cry out , no hunger , no thirst , no cold ; but it is better to amputate , by all practical means , from the body , soul , belly , —all sickness , ignorance , luxury ; and from the city , family , all things , —sedition , discord , excess . Of Sagacityhe gave this triad : Wisdom is the strength
, , wall , armour of man . The Hexad , he said , proceeded from a combination of the first even and the first odd numbers ; for as all mankind proceeded from a male and female , so this number is
generated of 3 , a male , and % a female ; for 3 x 2 = 6 . And hence the Hexad "was denominated Triaditis , because it assumes the three motions of intervals . The Hexad indicates time , consisting of three parts—past , present , and to come , because it is formed of equal triads . In like manner the Ennead is the square of the first odd number 3 ; and
hence is called Horizon , because number hath nothing beyond it ; Prometheus , because it is a perfect ternary ; ' Opoiams , because it is the first odd triangle . The great secret communicated b y Pythagoras to his disciples was the method of finding out the nature of the Deity bthe resolution of the triad into the monadivhich
y , formed the sacred Tetractys , or God : equivalent with the Jewish Tetragrammaton , or Self-Existent , * which he termed the number of numbers ; and it constituted the obligation by which his aspirants were enjoined to secrecy , f The process by which the result was developed as follows : —
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On Freemasonry.
" Suffer not sleep at night to close thine eyes , Till thrice thy acts that day thou hast o'errun , How slipt ? What deeds , what duty left undone 1 " Abstinence was recommended , so far as mi ght be safely practised , from wine , meat , sleep . In his theory of the virtue of TemperancePythagoras used a complication of
, triads . Thus , he said , if we listen to the language of the flesh , we shall hear it cry out , no hunger , no thirst , no cold ; but it is better to amputate , by all practical means , from the body , soul , belly , —all sickness , ignorance , luxury ; and from the city , family , all things , —sedition , discord , excess . Of Sagacityhe gave this triad : Wisdom is the strength
, , wall , armour of man . The Hexad , he said , proceeded from a combination of the first even and the first odd numbers ; for as all mankind proceeded from a male and female , so this number is
generated of 3 , a male , and % a female ; for 3 x 2 = 6 . And hence the Hexad "was denominated Triaditis , because it assumes the three motions of intervals . The Hexad indicates time , consisting of three parts—past , present , and to come , because it is formed of equal triads . In like manner the Ennead is the square of the first odd number 3 ; and
hence is called Horizon , because number hath nothing beyond it ; Prometheus , because it is a perfect ternary ; ' Opoiams , because it is the first odd triangle . The great secret communicated b y Pythagoras to his disciples was the method of finding out the nature of the Deity bthe resolution of the triad into the monadivhich
y , formed the sacred Tetractys , or God : equivalent with the Jewish Tetragrammaton , or Self-Existent , * which he termed the number of numbers ; and it constituted the obligation by which his aspirants were enjoined to secrecy , f The process by which the result was developed as follows : —