INTRODUCTION.

work original: "work" refers back to the History of the Restoration of the Platonic Theology mentioned on the previous page, in speaking of Porphyry's lost treatise on the Reascent of the Soul, I have given a [missing text].

In the last place, Porphyry says, "Philanthropy should be considered by you as the foundation of piety," original Greek: Αλλα κρηπις ευσεβειας σοι νομιζεσθω η φιλανθρωπια (page 58). And Sextus says, "The foundation and beginning of the worship of God is to love God's men" original Latin: Fundamentum et initium est cultûs Dei, amare Dei homines (page 654). Ruffinus A 4th-century monk and translator known for adapting Greek works for Latin-speaking Christians, however, in his version, dishonestly translates philanthropy as loving the men of God, so that this sentence, as well as the others, might appear to be written by Sixtus the Bishop! Sixtus II was a 3rd-century Pope; Taylor suggests Ruffinus altered the text to make a pagan Pythagorean work appear Christian.

4. The learned reader will find the following passages in the Epistle of Porphyry to be sentences originally from Demophilus, namely:

• "For to speak the word of God to those corrupted by opinion..." up to "...carries an equal weight," original Greek: Λογον γαρ θεου τοις υπο δοξης διεφθαρμενοις λεγειν... ισον φερει (page 29).
• "It is not the tongue of the wise man that is precious to God..." up to "...only he knows how to pray," original Greek: Ουχ η γλωττα του σοφου τιμιον παρα θεω... μονος ειδως ευξασθαι (page 32).
• "The gods do not harm us out of anger..." up to "...to God, nothing is unintended," original Greek: Ου χολωθεντες ουν οι θεοι βλαπτουσι... θεω δε ουδεν αβουλητον (page 35).
• "Neither tears nor supplications turn God, nor do animal sacrifices honor God, nor does a multitude of offerings adorn God..." up to "...provision for the sacrilegious," original Greek: Ουτε δακρυα και ικετειαι θεον επιστρεφουσι, ουτε θυηπολια θεον τιμωσιν, ουτε αναθηματων πληθος κοσμουσι θεον... ιεροσυλοις χορηγια (page 36). In this passage, however, there is a remarkable difference, as the learned reader will find, between the text of Porphyry and that of Demophilus.
• "If you always remember that wherever your soul walks, and your body completes a task..." original Greek: Εαν ουν αει μνημονευης, οτι οπου αν η ψυχη σου περιπατη, και το σωμα ενεργον αποτελη; Taylor notes to read as (lege) εργον (ergon/work) rather than ενεργον (energon/active) up to "...God as a companion," original Greek: τον θεον συνοικον (page 37).
• "The intelligent and God-loving man..." up to "...acts with diligence," original Greek: Ο συνετος ανηρ και θεοφιλης... σπουδαζεται ποιησας (page 54).
• "And the wise man, sent forth naked..." up to "...God who listens," original Greek: Γυμνος δε αποσταλεις [σοφος]... επηκοος ο θεος (page 54).
• "It is more difficult to be a slave to passions than to tyrants" original Greek: Χαλεπωτερον δουλευειν παθεσιν ἢ τυραννοις.
• And "for as many passions as there are of the soul, so many are its cruel masters," original Greek: οσα γαρ παθη ψυχης, τοσουτοι και ωμοι δεσποται (page 57).
• And lastly, "it is far better to die than to darken the soul through lack of self-control" original Greek: πολλω γαρ κρειττον τεθναναι ἢ δι' ακρασιαν την ψυχην αμαυρωσαι (page 58).

In all these passages, it will be found by comparing them with Porphyry that they occasionally differ from the text of Demophilus, yet not in a way that alters the sense.