Taylor - Eleusianian and Bacchic Mysteries.pdf - Platonic Philosophy

Bacchic Mysteries. 71operates according to the theoretic or contemplative virtues, the model of which is thegovernment of Uranus or Heaven, that wemay begin from on high; and on this account Uranus (Heaven) is so called TrapaTOO TO. avo) opcfv,from beholding the thingsabove : Or it lives purely, the exemplar ofwhich is the Kronian or Saturnian kingdom ;and on this account Kronos is named asKoro-nous, one who perceives through himself. Hence he is said to devour his ownthe conversion of himoffspring,signifyingself into his own substance : or it operatesaccording to the social virtues, the symbol of which is the government of Jupiter.Hence, Jupiter is styled the Demiurgus,as operating about secondary things: orit operates according to both the ethicaland physical virtues, the symbol of whichis the kingdom of Bacchus; and on thisaccount is fabled to be torn in pieces bythe Titans, because the virtues are not cutoff by "Jeach other. ACVOTTOVTOII(lege caviT-TovTca) 5s Tooc Sta^spooc pa&jiooc TCOV a 4os-TCOV