Taylor - Eleusianian and Bacchic Mysteries.pdf - Platonic Philosophy

122 Eleusinian andindivisible nature, corresponds to initiation.And the simple self-inspection of simpleforms, is analogous to epoptic vision, ".ysvTOItspoic /jfoovco (J-svC0itat itav8iQ(iot xafl-apasi.Ei~a STTI Taorai owcoppirjtotspaf (XSTCC 5sc* sv TsXsi 5s STTOTUTSIOLI. AvaXo-TOIVOV at {J,V Tjfl-txat%at iroXiTtxai apstac,TOC^ s[x?pavai xafl-apiJio^.At 5soaat aicooxeoaCovcat Tuavia Ta S^TG^AtTCspc ta voTjiats svspyscac tac^ aoaTaasaiv. At 5s T^TOajxspLaiovtat^At 5s aTuXat TCOV dirXwv siocov aoio kaisTuoTCTetatc. And here I can not refrain fromnoticing, with indignation mingled with pity,the ignorance and arrogance of modern critics, who pretend that this distribution of thevirtues is entirely the invention of the latterPlatonists, and without any foundation in thewritings of Plato.* And among the supporters of such ignorance, I am sorry to find* The writings of Augustin handed Neo-Platonism down to posterity as the original and esoteric doctrine of the first followersof Plato. He enumerates the causes which led, in his opinion, tothe negative position assumed by the Academics, and to the con-