Mystery of the Ages Contained in the Secret Doctrine of All Religions e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. When Hiero, the tyrant of Syracuse, once proposed to the philosopher Simonides the question: What is God? The latter desired a day to consider it. Being asked the same question the next day, he desired two days for that purpose, and thus from time to time doubled the number. Hiero, being greatly surprised at this, inquired the reason of his conduct. Because, said Simonides, the longer I consider the subject, the more obscure it seems to be.