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"So the very men who claimed mental superiority because they were free from superstitions and divine disillusionment were themselves victims of their own sophism, and while they thought themselves crowned with enlightenment, it was naught but the Phrygian caps of their prejudices toward the material state?" SO THE VERY MEN WHO CLAIMED MENTAL SUPERIORITY BECAUSE THEY WERE FREE FROM SUPERSTITIONS AND DIVINE DISILLUSIONMENT WERE THEMSELVES VICTIMS OF THEIR OWN SOPHISM AND WHILE THEY THOUGHT THEMSELVES CROWNED WITH ENLIGHTENMENT IT WASN'T NAUGHT BUT THE PHRYGIAN CAPS OF THEIR PREJUDICE TOWARDS THE MATERIAL STATE
t is, the converging of the presents of our two minds into one idea, between Wagner and myself to cultivate a bit of sympathy in my difficult situation. But there would be no harvest, for Wagner checked his mirth and said: "It was necessary, and the Council of the Gods did well to govern themselves more strictly." "How so?" "Well, during the Homeric period the gods really went at it, using humanity as players in their battles, like a game of chess, actually. Come to think of it, chess did originate in the realm of the gods after the laws. Things were quite a mess back then, though, with a whole horde of demi-gods walking the earth, and it ended up snuffing out the first flames of democracy and leaving monarchies for the longest time." "Homer's stories were true, then?" I asked. "Very much so, but after the laws of physical abstinence were adopted things mellowed out considerably, and men went back to their self-obsession, their material minds weren't yet weaned from the physical realm. HE APPARENT INTERPERSONAL DEJAHOUS THAT IS THE CONVERGING OF THE PRESENCE OF OUR TWO MINDS INTO ONE IDEA BETWEEN WAGNER AND MYSELF TO CULTIVATE A BIT OF SYMPATHY IN MY DIFFICULT SITUATION BUT THERE WOULD BE NO HARVEST FOR WAGNER CHECKED HIS MIRTH AND SAID IT WAS NECESSARY AND THE COUNCIL OF THE GODS DID WELL TO GOVERN THEMSELVES MORE STRICTLY HOW SO WELL DURING THE HOMERIC PERIOD THE GODS REALLY WENT AT IT USING HUMANITY AS PLAYERS IN THEIR BATTLES LIKE A GAME OF CHESS ACTUALLY COME TO THINK OF IT CHESS DID ORIGINATE IN THE REALM OF THE GODS AFTER THE LAWS THINGS WERE QUITE A MESS BACK THEN THOUGH WITH A WHOLE HORDE OF DEMI GODS BALKING THE EARTH AND ENDING UP SNUFFING OUT THE FIRST FLAMES OF DEMOCRACY AND LEAVING MONARCHIES FOR THE LONGEST TIME HOMER STORIES WERE TRUE THEN I ASKED VERY MUCH SO BUT AFTER THE LAWS OF PHYSICAL ABSTINENCE WERE ADOPTED THINGS MELLOWED OUT CONSIDERABLY AND WHEN WENT BACK TO THEIR SELF OBSESSION THEIR MATERIAL MINDS WEREN'T YET WEANED FROM THE PHYSICAL REALM
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