| Show i AII Ancient Allegory IFrom the Saturday llevtew Abetls Tabula w the Tablet of Cebes i Ulahel at the clarendon Press Oxford la I on ulle orlenl vjoik written principally In Oreek but the lattr r ° rtlon ln ltln whoso I reputed aUlhr dlputd Cbl alhouih Ihl II a point upang Iarned I called an allegory of htrman I blat Ihu P Id 011 refers uI to the now me tts Ihoo wh nt Ior olnll will lee ovldent to the 11 rIcer Is I Intornnl peeIelsee Ihat It wa wrlln before II 0 colIntr 1 15 a wok 01 ti 4IJutro thought oleetef leNten N 1 FftetTntttet r of 11 IA I spythaltetdenl llntsru o4eellelCIbeo I lt tnUJHlng 10 not rnltiuleatlot I A ilrCulor fpuce It I ml closed with smttiier circles Incite II Rnd to gale nt which u crowd Is I en firtnblcd wllh on old molt eel 117rr leads Into the ulr elerl TIle nutcr a pareer coo sonte humn life Ond tho rowl 1 et lohlnl to colt r into II lint n guide In the 01 moo wllh 0 chart wh 10 I I Idlu serolce M he 10 whom Is given the hue of life or ot Mitorlnir Into this I world I Who nhotvs thirl how In enter At d the way to walk In t Spencer In I his Tnaorv Queen S ft SI alludes to this same Idea elI Uttrth In olhl hl lettclli out tn wind < Al that to come Into the w orld desire Such oa 11m list snch ns eternal I fate Ordalneth hath he clothes with sinful sin-ful mite And rtondtth forth to live In mortal stnl TIll cate thy Tlnn back bl the hInder The outr circle relwenl humun l nld Ihe InneselerIetsoleresent different flans or decree which the IIirrlm t ma > attain to by submission tu and illllqctit purtult of those principles prin-ciples which nhrf ore Instructed I In Near 01 Bate wlthn cup In hr I hlld Bits woman on n thon hr name Deceit lh < contnts of he coo > ore I grorseena hd Error Inside the clr ci I onreto eel vnrlously attired nnmell fast bseoolet and the lke 0 ho nlc nil who ente and dlstrlct them front tho trud path whilst their seductions are seconded by another allegorical al-legorical female blind end deaf and obueedi nesaeor000 d stone this Is I rlckle haphazard random Fortune atore tray 10 the heeIless lleyond the gate nf the first circle oIIbr womnIncontnnce and hem crwlle In wnit for the favorites of Fortune to letrfpt them to their ruin and t hand them over to Retribution figured with n Scourge and her comrades com-rades 1aln Anguish and Despair lIe pentancc literally afterthought can alone dcmcr them flom this bondage and punishment by putting them In th way ot True Learning I for those who do wrong evelt thoogle they rJ hno cohere d on he path ot knowledge have thlr yea blinded icy tho god of this orld I they swene not and are not led astray Ity ain rnnclea engendered by tho draught of Error they are purl teed nnl lInt Inslng salvation Tru Larnlng In1 VIrtue arc rprntd M elItheg on 1M top of n preclplto height bIrd and toilsome of access but vvhin won by the aid of strength and e aurg Iadlng to a faIr and teelCrpadBe hfch lends to 0 benutl ful mnlow In which nre another cii ole and another gate I Is I the abode of the Went ot the Virtues and of Happiness Near the gate on a termed term-ed lunr stone Is I True Learning attended attend-ed by her daughters Truth nnd Pursua Alan To 511 omer she 171yrstapumh tyIng potIon leery me on floe antidote to tho former drnuhl uf error and In due non the pllgrln are pnd Ithln the circle tnronnomteolth Knowledge and the nih ervlrtuee and t receive from Happiness a rron of victory after which they are led 1 bark rft to review with t purged rice Hi rc nnd ti Insert of thlr former mlerabl rour A farther repmeeontathen IA a mined company d eseen ding the bIll Home crowned ns having True Learn Ingthe Knowledge of the Truth though It Is I pennletilble to have r r oars In passing I to Knlse Learning because Literature and the Arts nnd fdenc ne uful nlhough nol In dispensable Also they must tarry for a certain time In the second circle and not grudge the delay needful tq convince them completely of their cr rem I Is I only by going steadily through the whole prescribed cour Se that True LearnIng l and Knowledge can bo fully tnd finally Qsurc I others arc without with-out own an1 bruised and maimed wlthnl The llrst are those who have found True Learning wherefore they rejoice the rest ore those eoln leave I eon repudiated by her and wander downwards again In dejection and mls em Tho women a10 nccolpanlng r are Grlt Dpalr loot amanee and the like And when these men arrive again nt the first cltcle they blame not themselves but the True Learning and revile them who seek after her ns Ignorant of life and Its pleasures for to them Lust and Intemperance In-temperance are ths chief good and live as brut beasts their hlehcst enjoyment enjoy-ment Folly Is I said to darken the distinction dis-tinction between good and evil In the mlodroftoen As regards the language ns well n the nlmnt ot thlo allegory we cr0 a rlnguls olblnnc to the New Tlament thoology < > g InIn luch xpnlon8 set thoe who ae In the way nt salvation and the rantnnly recurring precepts about entering Into In-to life nnd In the sentiments contained con-tained In the words I ye understand then neutilre tho habit of practlelns what ye hear or In other words I ye Know these things happy are ye if I ye do them Tto possibility of being rejected from the very presence cham her of True Knowledge Illustrates tin Soeratlo conception of the oxtrcnu N I tillicuily I 1n mainteholng cornet leen inquired the phllOTOphic character I r IUalncatn ten laId dot n In the third 1901 ot the Ipublc are lovt of Imo e10d0 for I own eahe In godly comblnM wih hlghmlnle < nand n-and a aln Iular ned ttrotly lie oolon anl those Iuall II In I con I tose ore eeielen < wealolent In the nr norton Thes who claim to poi I neos them must ice teetel hy a Igor e00 Otdlal moro horoulhll than gold Is tried In the tire and whoever c om forth uilnjurcd from the trial n1t be appointed 0 ruler and guardlnn of tho tnte unJ ho ndmlllto I high eat prlvlgr Ilut biteee who ore tho revene to Ihln cblratr must be eel ee-l ned |
