"What appears to us to be an accurate definition of justice does not also appear to be so to the Gods. For we, looking…"

"Since wise people are in the habit of invoking the divinities at the beginning of any philosophic consideration, this…"

"No one will deny that the soul of Pythagoras was sent to mankind from Apollo's domain, having either been one of his …"

"After his father's death, though he was still but a youth, his aspect was so venerable, and his habits so temperate t…"

"The Pythagoreans thought those who teach for the sake of reward show themselves worse than sculptors, or artists who …"

"This also is a beautiful circumstance, that they referred every thing to Pythagoras, and called it by his name, and t…"

"If the potential of every number is in the monad, then the monad would be intelligible number in the strict sense, si…"

"Likewise, they call it "Chaos," which is Hesiod's first generator, because Chaos gives rise to everything else, as th…"

"Just as without the monad there is in general no composition of anything, so also without it there is no knowledge of…"

"It is irreverent to the Gods to give you this demonstration, but for your sakes it shall be done."