The Sympathy of ReligionsHigginson, Thomas Wentworth
Religion
The Sympathy of Religions
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth
Natural theology; Religions
[A] This is Cudworth's interpretation, but he has rather strained the
passage, which must be that beginning, Οὐδὲν οὖν οἶμαι διαφέρειν (Adv.
Celsum, v.). The passages from Aristotle and Cleanthes are in Stobæus.
Compare Maximus Tyrius, Diss. I.: Θεὸς εἷς πάντων βασιλεὺς καὶ πατὴρ.
[B] Compare Augustine, De Vera Relig., c. iv.: "Paucis mutatis verbis
atque sententiis Christiani fierent." The Parsee creed is given as
above in a valuable article in Martin's Colonial Magazine, No. 18.
[C] See Vishnu Sarman (tr. by Johnson), pp. 16, 28. Bhagvat Geeta (tr.
by Wilkins), ch. 12. Vishnu Purana (tr. by Wilson), p. 291. Confucius,
Lun-yu (tr. by Pauthier), ch. iv. § 16. Also Davis' Chinese, ii. 50.
[Legge's Confucian Analects, xv. 23, gives the negative form.] Thales,
in Diogenes Laertius, B. I., § 36: Πῶς ἂν ἄριστα καὶ δικαιότατα
βιώσαιμεν? ἐὰν ἃ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐπιτιμῶμεν, αὑτοὶ μὴ δρῶμεν. Stobæus
reads instead (c. 43), ὅσα νεμεσεῖς τὸν πλησίον, αὑτὸς μὴ ποίει.
Leviticus xix. 18. Iamblichus de Pythag. vita, c. 16 and 33: Φιλίαν δὲ
διαφανέστατα πάντων πρὸς ἅπαντας Πυθαγόρας παρέδωκε. Terence, Heaut.
I., 1, 25: "Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto." Quintilian,
Declamations, quoted by Denis. Juvenal, Sat. xv. 140-142:--
"Quis enim bonus ...
Ulla aliena sibi credat mala?"
Lucan, Pharsalia, I. 60, 61:--
"Tunc genus humanum positis sibi consulat armis
Inque vicem gens omnis amet."
Cicero, de Legibus i. 15: "Nam haec nascuntur ex eo, quia natura
propensi sumus ad diligendos homines, quod fundamentum juris est."
Also de Republica, iii. 7, 7 (fragment): "Quae virtus, praeter
ceteras, tota se ad alienas porrigit utilitates et explicat." Marcus
Antoninus, vii, 31: Φίλησον τὸν ἀνθρώπινον γένος. Epictetus, B. III.,
c. xxiv.: Ὅτι ὁ κόσμος οὗτος μία πόλις ἐστὶ ... πάντα δὲ φίλων μεστὰ,
πρῶτον μὲν Θεῶν, εἶτα καὶ ἀνθρώπων, φύσει πρὸς ἀλλήλοις ᾠκειωμένων.
[D] Dhammapada (tr. by Max Müller), in Rogers' Buddhagosha's Parables.
Akhlak-i-Jalaly (tr. by Thompson), p. 441. Saadi's Gulistan (tr. by
Ross), p. 240; (tr. by Gladwin, Am. ed.), p. 209. Proverbs xxv. 21.
Plato, Gorgias, § 78: Ἀεὶ τὸν ἀδικοῦντα τοῦ ἀδικουμένου ἀθλιώτερον
εἶναι. Crito, § 10: Ὡς οὐδέποτε ὀρθῶς ἔχοντος οὔτε τοῦ ἀδικεῖν οὔτε
τοῦ ἀνταδικεῖν. Cleobulus in Diog. Laertius, B. I., § 91: Ἔλεγέ τε τὸν
φίλον δεῖν εὐεργετεῖν, ὅπως ᾖ μᾶλλον φίλος. τὸν δὲ ἐχθρὸν, φίλον
ποιεῖν. Pittacus in Diog. Laertius, B. I., § 78: Φίλον μὴ λέγειν
κακῶς, ἀλλὰ μηδὲ ἐχθρόν. Val. Maximus, iv. 2, 4: "Quia speciosius
aliquanto injuriae beneficiis vincuntur quam mutui odii pertinacia
pensantur." Max. Tyrius, Diss. II.: Καὶ μὲν εἰ ὁ ἀδικῶν κακῶς ποιεῖ, ὁ
ἀντιποιῶν κακῶς οὐδὲν ἧττον ποιεῖ κακῶς, κἂν ἀμύνηται. Plutarch's
Morals (tr. by Goodwin, I., 293). Epictetus, B. IV., c. 23: Δαίρεσθαι
δεῖ αὐτὸν, ὡς ὄνον, καὶ δαιρόμενον φιλεῖν αὐτοὺς τοὺς δαίροντας, ὡς
πατέρα πάντων, ὡς ἀδελφόν. Marcus Antoninus, Medit. v. 31. vii. 22:
Ἴδιον ἄνθρωπον φίλον καὶ τοὺς πταίοντας.... Εἰς ὅσους δὲ ἀγνώμονας
εὐγνώμων ἐγένες.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account