THE GOLDEN HELLENIC VERSES OF PYTHAGORAS

THE GOLDEN VERSES OF PYTHAGORAS

IN MANY WAYS the so-called Golden Verses of Pythagoras epitomize the Pythagorean way of life, outlining the principles of daily conduct leading to the divinization of the soul.

Concerning their authorship and date of composition there have been varying opinions. The French scholar Armand Delatte has argued in some depth that a large portion of the Golden Verses may go back in essence to an hexameter poem by Pythagoras, The Sacred Discourse, in which he set out a rule of life for members of his school. According to this theory the teaching was transmitted orally, only to be recorded when the few surviving Pythagoreans were expelled from Italy and threatened with extinction.

The Neoplatonic philosopher Hierocles of Alexandria was apparently the first to refer to these lines as the Golden Verses, explaining that as gold is the best and purest of metals, so are these the most divine of verses. The very interesting Commentaries of Hierocles on the Golden Verses of Pythagoras was first rendered into English in 1707 by N. Rowe and has been reprinted several times since.

The Tetraktys
Number as Paradigm I swear by the discoverer of the Tetraktys Which is the spring of all our wisdom The perennial fount and root of Nature. Pythagorean Oath

THE PYTHAGOREANS PERCEIVED another principle of Number, in addition to seeing it as a formative agent active in nature. This is perhaps best exemplified in the figure of the Tetraktys which, as we might say in the present century, stood as a numerical paradigm of whole systems.

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[ipraythatsth27]

I'd like to thank you very much for a great work you've done on making a video on Golden Verses of Pythagoras, its deeply outstanding. I'd also like to ask you whether you could please let me know what music you used in preparing that video? As it is almost divine.

Thank you, Eva

[Pilaeus]

@ipraythatsth27 Hi Thank for your kind words, the first song is Deus ex Icarus by Vitaliy Zavadsky

and the second Promise by Thomas Bergersen.

[Helenhealer]

Thank you for this fantastic video and ALL of your great work! Hugs from Cyprus xxx

[KillBaddBugz]

The ancient Greeks. Much wisdom in here. However, when one studies history and outcomes of particular practices, one discovers a repeating flaw, and this is the people becoming drunk on their own power, and exalting themselves above God. This can be witnessed through the consequence of Karma, and the falling of said empires and civilizations. And this is precisely why I am a monotheist. Thanks-

[DanielODoria]

Beautiful video.. and music.. i get soo much from this i can apply, i even cryed a tear :) Honour to the CREATOR and ansestors! BE LOVE.. :D

[mookins45]

There's a book called 'Jesus and the Lost Godess' that mentions Pythagorean philosophy, that it was part of the philosophy that comprised the Gnostics' Jesus myth. It's first-class scholarship, that's why I mention it.

[rockfellia]

Words full of wisdom.. Great video, congratulations!

[Eudaemoneus]

Excellent !!!!!

[maikmetalwarrior]

δωσε Πηλεα :))

[theTempestAhead1110]

Εύγε, πολύ καλή δουλειά!