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Apollonius of Tyana
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“All wish to live in the nearness of God, but only the Hindus bring it to pass.”
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Recorded in: Apollonius of Tyana quoted by Philostratus. Quoted in Eliot, Charles, Sir, Hinduism and Buddhism; an historical sketch London, Routledge & K. Paul [1921] volume I p. lxii. Quoted from Londhe, S. (2008). A tribute to Hin…
“Approve and pursue the kind that is in accordance with nature. But avoid the kind that claims to be inspired: people like that about tell lies about Gods, and urge us to do many foolish things.”
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Recorded in: Attributed to Apollonius. Quoted from Ram Swarup (2000). On Hinduism: Reviews and reflections, Chapter India and Greece
“I saw the Indian Brahmans living on the earth and not on it, walled without walls, and with no possessions except the whole world.”
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Recorded in: Quoted from Ram Swarup (2000). On Hinduism: Reviews and reflections, Chapter India and Greece
“Plato said that virtue has no master [Republic 617e]. If a person does not honor this principle and rejoice in it, but is purchasable for money, he creates many masters for himself.”
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“The natural philosopher Heraclitus said that man is naturally irrational. If this is true, as it is true, then everyone who enjoys futile glory should hide his face.”
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“You must shun barbarians and not govern them since, barbarians as they are, it is not right that they should receive a benefit.”
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“Pythagoras said that medicine is the most godlike of arts. But if the most godlike, it should tend to the soul as well as the body, or else a living thing must be unhealthy, being diseased in its higher part.”
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“You request my presence at the Olympic Games, and for that reason you have sent envoys. For myself, I would come for the spectacle of physical struggle, except that I would be abandoning the greater struggle for virtue.”
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“Make yourself known as a philosopher, that is a free man.”
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“In my judgment excellence and wealth are direct opposites.”
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“If someone gives money to Apollonius, and the giver is someone considered respectable, he will take the money if he needs it. But he will not accept a fee for philosophy even if he does need it.”
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“Greet your son Aristocleides from me. I pray he may not turn out like you, since you, too, were once an irreproachable young man.”
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“The soul that does not consider the question of the body’s self-sufficiency cannot make itself self-sufficient.”
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“To speak falsely is the mark of a slave, but the truth is noble.”
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“[Some] disobey the earth and sharpen knives against the animals to gain clothing and food. The Indian Brahmans disapproved of this personally and taught the Naked Philosophers of Egypt to disapprove of it too. From there Pythagoras, who was the first Greek to associate with Egyptians, borrowed the principle. He let the earth keep living creatures, but held that what the earth grows is pure, and so lived off that because it was sufficient to feed body and soul. Clothing made from dead creatures, which most people wear, he considered impure; he dressed in linen and, for the same reason, made his shoes of plaited bark. He derived many advantages from this purity, above all that of perceiving his own soul.”
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Recorded in: Attributed to Apollonius in Philostratus, Life of Apollonius. Quoted from Ram Swarup (2000). On Hinduism: Reviews and reflections, Chapter India and Greece