He now no longer
tries to escape from the visible world into the emptiness of an abstract
first principle; but, in the service of a First Principle who is the
most of realities, and who numbers the very hairs of his head,
he goes down into the most loathsome depths of the material world to
elevate and redeem the meanest of the sons of men.
tries to escape from the visible world into the emptiness of an abstract
first principle; but, in the service of a First Principle who is the
most of realities, and who numbers the very hairs of his head,
he goes down into the most loathsome depths of the material world to
elevate and redeem the meanest of the sons of men.
Aristotle and Ancient Educational Ideals by Thomas Davidson
