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MONISM OF DARKNESS - DUALISM OF LIMIT AND INDETERMINACY <strong>10</strong>9<br />
<strong>the</strong> Night did not spring forth unless in <strong>the</strong> sense in which Chaos was born<br />
(âÁ¤ÓÂÙÔ) in Hesiod.<br />
35. From Ae<strong>the</strong>r alone according to <strong>the</strong> Titanomachy <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Epic Cycle, Fr. 1<br />
<strong>and</strong> 2 Bernabé.<br />
36. In this way, <strong>the</strong> overfull <strong>and</strong> overflowing, all-potent Chaos <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Monism<br />
<strong>of</strong> Darkness turns into an inactive, inert <strong>and</strong> impotent agglomeration <strong>of</strong><br />
undifferentiated matter. Dynamic Chaos engenders by itself its own<br />
generative impetus when its indeterminate mobility converges producing<br />
<strong>the</strong> mighty flow <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> primordial cosmic current (thus starting <strong>the</strong> world<br />
revolution). The idle, inert Chaos <strong>of</strong> unmovable stillness, by contrast, needs<br />
an external moving breath, a primal God st<strong>and</strong>ing outside <strong>the</strong> World<br />
according to <strong>the</strong> analysed Semitic st<strong>and</strong>point. The prototype <strong>of</strong> this<br />
attitude, apart from <strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong> Ovid’s Metamorphoses, is crucially<br />
described in Heraclitus’ Homeric Problems 65 §2-6: apple·Ï·ÈÔd ÁaÚ qÛ¿Ó<br />
appleÔÙ ¯ÚfiÓÔÈ Î·ı’ ÔR˜ àÙ‡appleˆÙÔÓ j ñapplefiÏÈÌÓÔÓ (sc. sank in <strong>the</strong> abyss <strong>of</strong><br />
waters as in Genesis) qÓ, Ô鉤appleˆ ÎÂÎÚÈ̤ÓÔȘ ¯·Ú·ÎÙÉÚÛÈÓ Âå˜ Ù¤ÏÂÈÔÓ<br />
≥ÎÔ˘Û· ÌÔÚÊÉ˜Ø ÔûÙ ÁaÚ ÁFÉ ÙáÓ ¬ÏˆÓ ëÛÙ›÷· ΤÓÙÚÔÓ âappleÂapple‹ÁÂÈ ‚¤‚·ÈÔÓ<br />
ÔûÙ’ ÔéÚ·Óe˜ appleÂÚd ÙcÓ à˝‰ÈÔÓ ÊÔÚaÓ î‰Ú˘Ì¤ÓÔ˜ â΢ÎÏÂÖÙÔ, apple¿ÓÙ· ‰’ qÓ<br />
àÓ‹ÏÈÔ˜ äÚÂÌ›· ηd ηÙËÊÔÜÛ· ÛÈÁ‹, ηd appleϤÔÓ Ôé‰bÓ qÓ j] ί˘Ì¤Ó˘<br />
ûÏ˘, ôÌÔÚÊÔ˜ ÁaÚ àÚÁ›·, appleÚdÓ ì ‰ËÌÈÔ˘ÚÁe˜ êapple¿ÓÙˆÓ Î·d ÎÔÛÌÔÙfiÎÔ˜<br />
àÚ¯c ÛˆÙ‹ÚÈÔÓ âÏ·۷۷ Ùˇá ‚›ˇˆ Ù‡appleÔÓ ÙeÓ ÎfiÛÌÔÓ àapple¤‰ˆÎÂ Ùˇá<br />
ÎfiÛÌˇˆØ ‰ÈÂ˙‡ÁÓË ÙeÓ ÌbÓ ÔéÚ·ÓeÓ Áɘ, â¯ÒÚÈ˙ ‰b ÙcÓ õappleÂÈÚÔÓ ı·Ï¿Ù-<br />
Ù˘, Ù¤ÙÙ·Ú· ‰b ÛÙÔȯÂÖ·, ÙáÓ ¬ÏˆÓ Ú›˙· ηd Á¤ÓÓ·, âÓ Ù¿ÍÂÈ ÙcÓ å‰›·Ó<br />
ÌÔÚÊ‹Ó âÎÔÌ›˙ÂÙÔØ ÙÔ‡ÙˆÓ ‰b appleÚÔÌËıᘠÎÈÚÓ·Ì¤ÓˆÓ ï ıÂe˜ ÌˉÂ-<br />
ÌÈĘ ÔûÛ˘ ‰È·ÎÚ›Ûˆ˜ appleÂÚd ÙcÓ ôÌÔÚÊÔÓ ≈ÏËÓ. (In <strong>the</strong> lacuna we expect<br />
something like or anything<br />
similar).<br />
37. The doctrine <strong>of</strong> a first Egg at <strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong> cosmic development is <strong>of</strong><br />
primal importance for Orphism. Oviparous generation as <strong>the</strong> way in which<br />
<strong>the</strong> World comes to be is <strong>the</strong> basic <strong>the</strong>sis. Cf. Plutarch, Quaestionum<br />
Convivalium II, 2 p. 636d: à›ۈ ͢ÓÂÙÔÖÛÈ ÙeÓ çÚÊÈÎeÓ Î·d îÂÚeÓ ÏfiÁÔÓ<br />
n˜ ÔéÎ ùÚÓÈıÔ˜ ÌfiÓÔÓ Ùe ˇèeÓ àappleÔÊ·›ÓÂÈ appleÚÂÛ‚‡ÙÂÚÔÓ, àÏÏa ηd Û˘Ï-<br />
Ï·‚gÓ ±apple·Û·Ó ·éÙˇá ÙcÓ êapple¿ÓÙˆÓ ïÌÔÜ appleÚÂÛ‚˘Á¤ÓÂÈ·Ó àÓ·Ù›ıËÛÈ.<br />
38. The precise articulation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> idea is presented below, Chapter 12, esp. pp.<br />
178-182 with corresponding notes.<br />
39. ... \OÚÊÂf˜ ˇèeÓ Ï¤ÁÂÈ ÁÂÓËÙfiÓ, âÍ àapple›ÚÔ˘ Ùɘ ≈Ï˘ appleÚԂ‚ÏË̤ÓÔÓ,<br />
ÁÂÁÔÓe˜ ‰b Ô≈ÙˆØ Ùɘ ÙÂÙÚ·ÁÂÓÔܘ ≈Ï˘ âÌ„‡¯Ô˘ ÔûÛ˘ ηd ¬ÏÔ˘ àapple›ÚÔ˘<br />
ÙÈÓe˜ ‚˘ıÔÜ àÂd Ú¤ÔÓÙÔ˜ ηd àÎÚ›Ùˆ˜ ÊÂÚÔ̤ÓÔ˘ ηd Ì˘Ú›·˜ àÙÂÏÂÖ˜ ÎÚ¿-<br />
ÛÂȘ [Âå˜] ôÏÏÔÙ ôÏψ˜ âapple·Ó·¯¤ÔÓÙÔ˜ ηd ‰Èa ÙÔÜÙÔ ·éÙa˜ àӷχÔÓÙÔ˜<br />
ÙFÉ àÙ·Í›÷·, ηd ίËÓfiÙÔ˜ ó˜ Âå˜ Á¤ÓÂÛÈÓ ˙ˇÒÔ˘ ‰ÂıÉÓ·È Ìc ‰˘Ó·Ì¤ÓÔ˘ [1st
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