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98:2.5 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ancient_Greek_poets Greek poets] of the fifth and sixth centuries, notably [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pindar Pindar], attempted the reformation of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_greek_religion Greek religion]. They elevated its [[ideals]], but they were more artists than religionists. They failed to [[develop]] a [[technique]] for fostering and [[conserving]] [[supreme]] [[values]].

98:2.5 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ancient_Greek_poets Greek poets] of the fifth and sixth centuries, notably [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pindar Pindar], attempted the reformation of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_greek_religion Greek religion]. They elevated its [[ideals]], but they were more artists than religionists. They failed to [[develop]] a [[technique]] for fostering and [[conserving]] [[supreme]] [[values]].

98:2.6 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophanes Xenophanes] taught one [[God]], but his [[deity]] [[concept]] was too [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheism pantheistic] to be a [[personal]] [[Father]] to [[mortal]] man. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaxagoras Anaxagoras] was a [[mechanist]] except that he did [[recognize]] a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_4#4:4._THE_REALIZATION_OF_GOD First Cause], an Initial [[Mind]]. [[Socrates]] and his successors, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato Plato] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle Aristotle], taught that [[virtue]] is [[knowledge]]; [[goodness]], [[health]] of the [[soul]]; that it is better to suffer injustice than to be [[guilty]] of it, that it is wrong to return [[evil]] for evil, and that the gods are [[wise]] and [[good]]. Their cardinal [[virtues]] were: [[wisdom]], [[courage]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperance temperance], and [[justice]].

98:2.6 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophanes Xenophanes] taught one [[God]], but his [[deity]] [[concept]] was too [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheism pantheistic] to be a [[personal]] [[Father]] to [[mortal]] man. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaxagoras Anaxagoras] was a [[mechanist]] except that he did [[recognize]] a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_4#4:4._THE_REALIZATION_OF_GOD First Cause], an Initial [[Mind]]. [[Socrates]] and his successors, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato Plato] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle Aristotle], taught that [[virtue]] is [[knowledge]]; [[goodness]], [[health]] of the [[soul]]; that it is better to suffer injustice than to be [[guilty]] of it, that it is wrong to return [[evil]] for evil, and that the gods are [[wise]] and [[good]]. Their cardinal [[virtues]] were: [[wisdom]], [[courage]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperance temperance], and [[justice]].

98:2.7 The [[evolution]] of [[religious]] [[philosophy]] among the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellene Hellenic] and [[Hebrew]] peoples affords a contrastive [[illustration]] of the [[function]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_church church] as an [[institution]] in the shaping of [[cultural]] [[progress]]. In [[Palestine]], [[human]] [[thought]] was so [[priest]]-controlled and [[scripture]]-directed that [[philosophy]] and [[aesthetics]] were entirely submerged in [[religion]] and [[morality]]. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greece], the almost complete [[absence]] of [[priests]] and "[[sacred]] [[scriptures]]" left the human [[mind]] free and unfettered, resulting in a startling [[development]] in depth of [[thought]]. But [[religion]] as a [[personal]] [[experience]] failed to keep [[pace]] with the [[intellectual]] probings into the [[nature]] and [[reality]] of the [[cosmos]].

98:2.7 The [[evolution]] of [[religious]] [[philosophy]] among the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellene Hellenic] and [[Hebrew]] peoples affords a contrastive [[illustration]] of the [[function]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_church church] as an [[institution]] in the shaping of [[cultural]] [[progress]]. In [[Palestine]], [[human]] [[thought]] was so [[priest]]-controlled and [[scripture]]-directed that [[philosophy]] and [[aesthetics]] were entirely submerged in [[religion]] and [[morality]]. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greece], the almost complete [[absence]] of [[priests]] and "[[sacred]] [[scriptures]]" left the human [[mind]] free and unfettered, resulting in a startling [[development]] in depth of [[thought]]. But [[religion]] as a [[personal]] [[experience]] failed to keep [[pace]] with the [[intellectual]] probings into the [[nature]] and [[reality]] of the [[cosmos]].

98:2.11 All [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greece] became involved in these new [[methods]] of [[attaining]] [[salvation]], these [[emotional]] and fiery [[ceremonials]]. No [[nation]] ever attained such heights of artistic [[philosophy]] in so short a time; none ever created such an advanced [[system]] of [[ethics]] [[practically]] without [[Deity]] and entirely devoid of the [[promise]] of human [[salvation]]; no nation ever plunged so quickly, deeply, and [[violently]] into such depths of [[intellectual]] stagnation, [[moral]] depravity, and [[spiritual]] [[poverty]] as these same [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellene Greek peoples] when they flung themselves into the mad whirl of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_cults mystery cults].

98:2.11 All [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greece] became involved in these new [[methods]] of [[attaining]] [[salvation]], these [[emotional]] and fiery [[ceremonials]]. No [[nation]] ever attained such heights of artistic [[philosophy]] in so short a time; none ever created such an advanced [[system]] of [[ethics]] [[practically]] without [[Deity]] and entirely devoid of the [[promise]] of human [[salvation]]; no nation ever plunged so quickly, deeply, and [[violently]] into such depths of [[intellectual]] stagnation, [[moral]] depravity, and [[spiritual]] [[poverty]] as these same [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellene Greek peoples] when they flung themselves into the mad whirl of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_cults mystery cults].

98:2.12 [[Religions]] have long [[endured]] without [[philosophical]] support, but few philosophies, as such, have long [[persisted]] without some identification with [[religion]]. [[Philosophy]] is to [[religion]] as [[conception]] is to [[action]]. But the [[ideal]] [[human]] estate is that in which [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_2#2:7._DIVINE_TRUTH_AND_BEAUTY philosophy, religion, and science] are welded into a [[meaningful]] [[unity]] by the conjoined [[action]] of [[wisdom]], [[faith]], and [[experience]].

98:2.12 [[Religions]] have long [[endured]] without [[philosophical]] support, but few philosophies, as such, have long [[persisted]] without some identification with [[religion]]. [[Philosophy]] is to [[religion]] as [[conception]] is to [[action]]. But the [[ideal]] [[human]] estate is that in which [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_2#2:7._DIVINE_TRUTH_AND_BEAUTY philosophy, religion, and science] are welded into a [[meaningful]] [[unity]] by the conjoined [[action]] of [[wisdom]], [[faith]], and [[experience]].

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