Categoria: Enéada-IV-4
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 35) – EARTHLY EVENTS SHOULD NOT BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE STARS’ BODY OR WILL
EARTHLY EVENTS SHOULD NOT BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE STARS’ BODY OR WILL. 35. How then do these powers exert themselves? — for we have to retrace our steps to give a clear explanation. What difference is exhibited by the comparison of one triangle with another? What action does the one exert on another, how is…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 34) – THE INFLUENCE OF THE UNIVERSE SHOULD BE PARTIAL ONLY
THE INFLUENCE OF THE UNIVERSE SHOULD BE PARTIAL ONLY. 34. Granting that men are influenced by the universe through one of the elements of their being, it must be by (their body), that which forms part of the body of the universe, not by all those of which they are constituted. Consequently, the surrounding universe…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 33) – THE STARS’ MOTIONS COMPARED TO A PREARRANGED DANCE
THE STARS’ MOTIONS COMPARED TO A PREARRANGED DANCE. 33. As the circular movement of the world has nothing fortuitous, inasmuch as it is produced conformably to the reason of this great animal, a perfect symphonic (co-operation) between what “acts” and what “reacts” must exist within it; and there must also have been an order which…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 32) – HAVING CONFUTED ASTROLOGY AND DEVILTRY, WORLD INFLUENCE IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORLD-SOUL
HAVING CONFUTED ASTROLOGY AND DEVILTRY, WORLD INFLUENCE IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORLD-SOUL. 32. Since the influence exteriorly exercised by the heavens on us, on animals, and on human affairs generally has been excluded from physical causes (of astrology) and from voluntary decisions of divinities, it remains for us to find some cause to which it…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 31) – NATURAL ACTIONS ARE BOTH ON WHOLES AND ON PARTS
NATURAL ACTIONS ARE BOTH ON WHOLES AND ON PARTS. 31. Let us in general consider the actions and reactions produced in the universe either by nature or by art. In the works of nature, there is an action of the whole on the parts, of the parts on the whole, and of the parts on…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 30) – STARS, AS WELL AS THE SUN, HAVE PRAYERS ADDRESSED TO THEM
STARS, AS WELL AS THE SUN, HAVE PRAYERS ADDRESSED TO THEM. 30. We have shown that memory is useless to the stars; we have agreed that they have senses, namely, sight and hearing, and the power to hear the prayers addressed to the sun, and also those by many people addressed to the other stars,…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 29) – WHEN THE SOUL LEAVES THE BODY, SHE LEAVES A TRACE OF LIFE
WHEN THE SOUL LEAVES THE BODY, SHE LEAVES A TRACE OF LIFE. 29. If the body resemble an object warmed rather than illuminated, why does nothing vital remain after the reasonable soul has abandoned it? It does preserve some vital element, but only for a short time; this trace soon disappears, as vanishes the heat…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 28) – DOES THE IRASCIBLE POWER ALSO ORIGINATE IN THE BODY?
DOES THE IRASCIBLE POWER ALSO ORIGINATE IN THE BODY? 28. Enough of this. Let us return to the question from which we digressed. We granted that the desires, pains and pleasures (considered not only as sentiments, but as passions), originate in the constitution of the organized and living body. Must the same origin be assigned…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 27) – ANALYSIS OF THE EARTH’S PSYCHOLOGY
ANALYSIS OF THE EARTH’S PSYCHOLOGY. 27. If the earth communicate to plant-life the power of begetting and growing, it possesses this power within itself, and gives only a trace of it to the plants which derive from it all their fruitfulness, and as it were are the living flesh of its body. It gives to…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 26) – THE EARTH FEELS AND DIRECTS BY THE LAWS OF SYMPATHETIC HARMONY
THE EARTH FEELS AND DIRECTS BY THE LAWS OF SYMPATHETIC HARMONY. 26. The stars know our desires through the agreement and sympathy established between them and us by the harmony reigning in the universe. Our desires are granted by the same method. Likewise, magic is founded on the harmony of the universe; it acts by…