The golden verses of Pythagoras · Antoine Fabre d'Olivet
Chapter 1
_By Fabre d’Olivet_ Hermeneutic Interpretation The Golden Verses of Pythagoras [Illustration: FABRE D’OLIVET After a miniature by Augustin 1799] The Golden Verses of Pythagoras Explained and Translated into French and Preceded by a Discourse upon the Essence and Form of Poetry Among the Principal Peoples of the Earth By Fabre d’Olivet Done into English by Nayán Louise Redfield Μηδὲν ἄγαν kαὶ γνῶθι σεαυτόν G. P. Putnam’s Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker Press _To the Travellers who have turned their Faces to the Dawn and their Steps toward the Eternal Hills is offered this rich Fruit of Wisdom, that, through it, they may achieve the Understanding of Knowledge._
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