Definitions

Plato · George Burges

Eternal — that which has existed formerly through all time, and is now not destroyed. God — an immortal living-being, sufficient in itself for happiness; an eternal existence; the cause of the nature of the good. Generation — a movement towards existence; a sharing through a change in existence; a progression towards existence. The sun — a fire in heaven, which can alone be seen from morning to evening by the same; the greatest star, visible by day; a perpetually living being, possessing a soul. Time — a movement of the sun; a measure of progress. Day — a journeying of the sun from its rising (east) to its setting (west); a light, the opposite to Night. Morning — the beginning of day; the first light from the sun. Mid-day — the time when the shadows of substances have the least length. Evening — the close of day. Night — darkness, the opposite to Day; a deprivation of the sun. Chance — …

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