In Enneads III.5.8, in the course of offering a symbolic exegesis of the birth of Eros in Plato’s Symposium, Plotinus makes a curious and obscure allusion: καὶ γὰρ εἰ κατὰ μὲν τὸν νοῦν τοὺς ἄρρενας τάττομεν τῶν θεῶν, κατὰ δὲ τὰς ψυχὰς αὐτῶν τὰς θηλείας λέγομεν, ὡς νῷ ἑκάστῳ ψυχῆς συνούσης, εἴη ἂν καί ταύτῃ…
Author: Gus
Introduction
ἀλλ’ ἔρχευ ἐπ’ ἔργον / θεοῖσιν ἐπευξάμενος τελέσαι. (Golden Verses 48-49, attributed to Pythagoras) “But set out on any work by praying that you will complete it.” (Sartrix) वागर्थाविव सम्पृक्तौ वागर्थप्रतिपत्तये ।जगतः पितरौ वन्दे पार्वतीपरमेश्वरौ ॥ (Raghuvamśa 1.1, Kālidāsa) “For mastery of word and meaning I venerate the parents of the world, who are entwined…