O wise and happy man, rest in its haven.
But observe my laws, abstaining from the things
Which thy soul must fear, distinguishing them well;
Letting intelligence o’er thy body reign (36);
So that, ascending into radiant Ether,
Midst the Immortals, thou shalt be thyself a God.
[232] Hiérocl., Comment. in Aur. Carmin. Proem.
[233] Fabric., Bibl. græc., p. 460; Dacier, Remarq. sur les Comm. d’Hiéroclès.
[234] Jamblic., De Vitâ Pythag., c. 30 et 33; Plutarch, De Gen. Socrat.
[235] Plutarch, De Repug. stoïc.; Diog. Laërt., l. viii., § 39; Polyb., l. ii.; Justin., l. xx., c. 4; Vossius, De Phil. sect., c. 6.