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“Φαύλος γαρ κριτής παντός καλού πράγματος όχλος.”
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“Ex pede Herculem.
"From his foot, [we can measure] Hercules", is a maxim of proportionality inspired by an experiment attributed to Pythagoras.
In other words, one can extrapolate the whole from the part.
Ex ungue leonem, "from its claw [we can know] the lion," is a similar phrase.”
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"From his foot, [we can measure] Hercules", is a maxim of proportionality inspired by an experiment attributed to Pythagoras.
In other words, one can extrapolate the whole from the part.
Ex ungue leonem, "from its claw [we can know] the lion," is a similar phrase.”
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“Ante todo, respétate a ti mismo”
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“62. O Zeus, our Father! Thou would’st deliver men from all the evils that oppress them 63. If thou wouldst show them the daimon of whom they make use. 64. But take courage; the race of man is divine.”
― The Pythagorean Golden Verses & Hierocles' Commentary: An Ancient Handbook of Mystic Philosophy
― The Pythagorean Golden Verses & Hierocles' Commentary: An Ancient Handbook of Mystic Philosophy
“Ajuda o teu semelhante a levantar a carga, mas não a levá-la”
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