History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . as mediatrix be-tween God who offers, and the soul which receives. This PlatonistJew, who thus revives one of the oldest beliefs of the Aryan race,is very far from the Jehovah of Moses; but still he is preparing analliance between the men of the ancient law and those of the — who said concerning this great Alexandrine Jew, Isit Philo who platonizes, or Plato who philonizes ? — admitted ananalogous trinity, formed by emanation from the supreme The God of the Stoics, lost in the boso
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . as mediatrix be-tween God who offers, and the soul which receives. This PlatonistJew, who thus revives one of the oldest beliefs of the Aryan race,is very far from the Jehovah of Moses; but still he is preparing analliance between the men of the ancient law and those of the — who said concerning this great Alexandrine Jew, Isit Philo who platonizes, or Plato who philonizes ? — admitted ananalogous trinity, formed by emanation from the supreme The God of the Stoics, lost in the bosom of the universe, wastherefore becoming the personal God, uncreate, eternal, who hasproduced all things and who governs creation by His Word, as Caesar 1 his ami Osiris. 2. Cf. Maury. ../.. cit. ii. 280. - A marble Hermes found a! Herculaneum (Museum of Naples, Xo. 111). 3 Nevertheless, the doctrine of the Logos exists already in Ecclesiastes, and in souk- ofthe Apochryphal books, whence Saint John borrowed it, and raised it to great importance. 4 Cf. Kitter. Hist, de la , iv. 408 THE EMPIRE AND HUMAN SOCIETY. governs the Empire by his One God, one earthly sover-eign : the two beliefs attracted one another; later it was said: Onelaw, one king. This conception, found at Alexandria at the beginning of theChristian era, which is published, with variations not now to benoticed, by Plutarch under the Flavians, Aristeides under the An-tonines, Maximus of Madaura under Theodosius, and the Platonists inall periods, continues therefore through the four first centuries of eEmpire. It may be reduced to these terms, which formed the basisof the theological teaching in the school of Plato, — God, incom-prehensible to us in His essence, manifests Himself in the externalworld by the harmony of creation; in the heart of man, by con-science; in the world of ideas, by the Word, the archetype of theTrue, the Beautiful, and the Good, the Eternal Truth which enlight-ens men,
Size: 1379px × 1811px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorduruyvic, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookyear1883
