Maximus of Tyre Quotes
Maximus of Tyre was a Greek Platonist philosopher of the Roman Empire who lectured at Athens, Rome, and elsewhere during the reign of Commodus. Forty-one of his short Dissertations or Dialexeis survive, treating in elegant rhetorical Greek a wide range of Platonic themes including the nature of the divine, the immortality of the soul, the use of the body, the tasks of philosophy, and the comparative merits of the active and contemplative lives. The quotes below are attributed to Maximus of Tyre, organized by topic.
Maximus of Tyre on God
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Attributed to Maximus of Tyre:
“God is the soul of the world; the soul is a god in miniature.”
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“Beauty is the rumor of the divine in matter.”
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“Whatever name we use for the divine, we mean the same.”
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“Plato is the philosopher who befriends the divine in us.”
Maximus of Tyre on Mind
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Attributed to Maximus of Tyre:
“Philosophy is the medicine of the soul, and lasts longer than the medicine of the body.”