GOD HIMSELF THE FATHER AND FASHIONER OF ALL
THAT IS, OLDER THAN THE SUN OR THE SKY GREATER
THAN TIME AND ETERNITY AND ALL THE
FLOW OF BEING. IS UNNAMEABLE BY ANY
LAWGIVER, UNUTTERABLE BY ANY VOICE,
NOT TO BE SEEN BY ANY EYE. BUT WE
BEING UNABLE TO APPREHEND HIS ESSENCE,
USE THE HELP OF SOUNDS AND NAMES
AND PICTURES, OF BEATEN GOLD AND IVORY
AND SILVER, OF PLANTS AND RIVERS
MOUNTAIN PEAKS AND
TORRENTS. YEARNING
FOR THE KNOWLEDGE
OF HIM AND IN
OUR WEAKNESS
NAMING ALL
THAT IS
BEAUTIFUL
IN THIS
WORLD
AFTER HIS
NATURE-
JUST AS
HAPPENS
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EARTHLY
LOVERS
TO
THEM
THE
MOST
BEAUTIFUL
SIGHT
WILL BE THE
ACTUAL LINEAMENTS
OF THE BELOVED, BUT FOR REMEMBRANCE SAKE THEY WILL BE HAPPY IN THE
SIGHT OF A LYRE, A LITTLE SPEAR, A CHAIR, PERHAPS, OR A RUNNING GROUND
OR ANYTHING IN THE WORLD THAT WAKENS THE MEMORY OF THE BELOV
ED. WHY SHOULD I FURTHER EXAMINE AND PASS CEMENT
ABOUT IMAGES? LET MEN KNOW WHAT IS DIVINEET THEM
KNOW THAT IS ALL. IF A GREEK IS STIRRED TO THE REMEMB
RANCE OF GOD BY THE ART OF PHEIDIAS, AN EGYPTIAN BY PAYING
WORSHIP TO ANIMALS, ANOTHER MAN BY A RIVER.ANOTHER BY FIRE
I HAVE NO ANGER FOR THEIR DIVERGENCES; ONLY LET THEM
KNOW, LET THEM LOVE, LET THEM REMEMBER.
