Studying Nature Brings Us Closer to the Gods

Published Oct 13, 2013 by ideonexus

Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day, but when I follow the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth; I ascend to Zeus himself to feast me on ambrosia, the food of the gods.

Ptolemy, The Almagest (1990)

Notes

Ptolemy explains the rapturous feelings he gets from studying the stars.

astronomy
naturalism
nature

References

The Almagest Book

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Keywords

Gods Ptolemy, rapturous feelings, serried multitude, circular course, Closer, stars, ambrosia, Zeus, Mortal, feet, Nature, earth