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The Golden Verses Of Pythagoras And Other Pythagorean Fragments. Theosophical Publishing House. Joost-Gaugier, Christiane L. (2007). Measuring Heaven: Pythagoras and his Influence on Thought and Art in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-7409-5; Kahn, Charles H. (2001). Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans: A ...
The Golden Rule may not be perverted to justify an evil means. St. Augustine noticed this problem and commented on how many redactors rephrased this verse as "whatsoever good you desire…" [2] The concluding phrase indicates that Jesus is here presenting the Golden Rule as a valid summary for the entirety of moral law.
The golden line is variously defined, but most uses of the term conform to the oldest known definition from Burles' Latin grammar of 1652: [2] "If the Verse does consist of two Adjectives, two Substantives and a Verb only, the first Adjective agreeing with the first Substantive, the second with the second, and the Verb placed in the midst, it is called a Golden Verse: as,
"Golden Rule Sign" that hung above the door of the employees' entrance to the Acme Sucker Rod Factory in Toledo, Ohio, 1913. The Golden Rule is the principle of treating others as one would want to be treated by them. It is sometimes called an ethics of reciprocity, meaning that you should reciprocate to others how you would like them to treat ...
The only complete work of his which has been preserved is the commentary on the Chrysa Epe (Golden Verses) of Pythagoras. [1] It enjoyed a great reputation in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and there are numerous translations in various European languages. [1]
The term is derived from Ecclesiastes 12:6-7 in the Jewish Bible or Christian Old Testament.. As translated from the original Hebrew in The Complete Tanakh: [4] "Before the silver cord snaps, and the golden fountain is shattered, and the pitcher breaks at the fountain, and the wheel falls shattered into the pit.
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"Golden Verses" (French: Vers dorés). The poem is inspired by Pythagoreanism and the idea of a universal soul , as interpreted by Jean-Baptiste-Claude Delisle de Sales in the book De la philosophie de la nature (1777).