Sunday 8 April 2012

From Pythagoras 
(whether by way of Socrates or not) 
Plato derived the Orphic elements in his philosophy: 
the religious trend, 
the belief in immortality, 
the other-worldliness, 
the priestly tone, 
and all that is involved in the simile of the cave; 
also his respect for mathematics, 
and his intermingling of intellect and mysticism.