[277] Lil. Greg. Gyral., _Pythag. Symb. Interpret._, p. 92. [278] _Apud Phot. Cod._, 249. [279] _Dict. Crit._, art. PYTHAGORAS, rem. Q. [280] Not long since, a man rather well organized mentally, but very slightly enlightened by the true science, brought out a book entitled _Ruverabhoni_, in which, heaping up all the ancient and modern sophisms pronounced against the social organization founded upon the establishment of the family, he aspired to change the instinct of nature, in this respect, and to found _true happiness_ upon the _débris_ of all the ties of blood, of all the affections of the soul, and of all the duties of consanguinity. [281] As I give the same meaning as did Moses and not that of the _Septuagint_ copied by the _Vulgate_, I transcribe here the original text, so that those who understand Hebrew may see that I have not deviated from it. כבד את־אביך ואת־אמך למען יאר כון ימיך על האדמה אשר־יהוה אלהיך נתן לך _Exodus_, ch. 20, v. 12. [282] _This country of Adam_, in Hebrew האדמה (_ha-adamah_), _adaméenne_. This word, which has been vulgarly translated by _the Earth_, signifies it only by metaphor. Its proper sense, which is very difficult to grasp, depends always on that which is attached to the name of Adam, whence it is derived. _Jhôah_, in Hebrew יהוה , pronounced very improperly _Jehovah_, on account of a defective punctuation of the Masoretes, is the proper name of GOD. This name was formed by Moses in a manner as ingenious as sublime, by means of the contraction of the three tenses of the verb הוה (_hôeh_), to be. It signifies exactly _will be-being-been_; that which is, was, and shall be. One renders it well enough by _Eternal_. It is Eternity, or the Time-without-Limit of Zoroaster. This name is quite generally followed, as it is here, with the words אלהיך (_Ælohî-cha_), thy Gods, in order to express that the Unity contained in Jhôah, comprehends the infinity of the gods, and takes the place of it with the people of Israel. [283] _Mémoires concern. les Chinois_, t. iv., p. 7. [284] _Mém. concern. les Chinois_, ibid. [285] Nemesis, in Greek Νέμεσις, is derived from the Phœnician words נאמ (_nam_ or _næm_), expressing every judgment, every order, every decree announced by word of mouth; and אשיש (_æshish_), all that serves for principle, as foundation. This last word has root אש (_as_, _os_, or _æs_). [286] _Hiao-King_, ou _Livre de la Piété filiale_. [287] Kong-Tzée, dans le _Hiao-King_ qui contient sa doctrine. [288] Hiérocl., _Comment. Aurea. carmin._, v. 5. [289] Hiéroclès, _ibid._, v. 7. [290] Porphyr., _in Vitâ Pythag._, p. 37. [291] Dacier, _Vie de Pythag._ [292] Diog. Laërt., l. v., § 21. [293] Hiérocl., _Aurea. carm._, v. 8.