The Pythagoreans Degrade Impious Men Into Brutes

At Last The Best Of Artisans Ordained That That Creature To Whom He Had Been Able To Give Nothing Proper To Himself Should Have Joint Possession Of Whatever Had Been Peculiar To Each Of The Different Kinds Of Being.

To [man] It Is Granted To Have Whatever He Chooses, To Be Whatever He Wills.

The Pythagoreans Degrade Impious Men Into Brutes And, If One Is To Believe Empedocles, Even Into Plants.

God The Father, The Supreme Architect, Had Already Built This Cosmic Home We Behold, The Most Sacred Temple Of His Godhead, By The Laws Of His Mysterious Wisdom.

Admittedly Great Though These Reasons Be, They Are Not The Principal Grounds, That Is, Those Which May Rightfully Claim For Themselves The Privilege Of The Highest Admiration.