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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.44.19–I.49.44.20
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Οὕτως δὴ καὶ ἐν τῇ περικαλλεῖ τοῦ αἰθέρος στάσει καὶ τὰς τῶν ἤδη ὄντων μεταπεμψάμενος φύσεις, ‘ὦ’, φησί, ‘πνεύματος ἐμοῦ καὶ μερίμνης ἐμῆς, ψυχαί, καλὰ τέκνα, ἃ ταῖς ἐμαυτοῦ μαιωσάμενος χερσὶν ἤδη τῷ ἐμῷ καθιερῶ κόσμῳ, λόγων ἐμῶν ὡς νόμων τούτων ἐπακούσατε καὶ τόπου μηδενὸς ἄλλου θίγητε πλὴν τοῦ διαταγέντος ὑμῖν ὑπὸ τῆς ἐμῆς γνώμης.
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εὐσταθησάσαις μὲν οὖν ὑμῖν οὐρανός τε καταμένει πάλιν ὁμοίως καὶ ὁ διαταγεὶς ἀστερισμὸς θρόνοι τε ἀρετῆς πεπληρωμένοι· εἰ δέ τι νεώτερον παρὰ τἀμὰ πράξετε βουλεύματα, ἱερὸν ὑμῖν ὀμνύω πνεῦμα καὶ κρᾶμα τοῦτ᾽ ἀφ᾽ οὗπερ ὑμᾶς ἐγέννησα ψυχοποιούς τε ταύτας μου τὰς χεῖρας, ὡς οὐκ εἰς μακρὰν δεσμὸν καὶ κολάσεις ὑμῖν τεχνιτεύσω.’
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 125744.19 · The creator addresses his children
Then, in the surpassingly beautiful station of ether, having summoned also the natures of things already in being, he said: ‘O souls, beautiful children of my breath and my care, whom I have brought to birth with my own hands and now consecrate to my cosmos: heed these words of mine as laws, and touch no other place than the one assigned to you by my judgment.1530
44.20 · The promise and the threatened bond
If you remain steadfast, heaven will continue for you just as before, together with your appointed constellation and thrones filled with excellence. But if you undertake some innovation contrary to my plans, I swear to you by the sacred breath, by this compound from which I begot you, and by these soul-making hands of mine, that before long I shall fashion a bond and punishments for you.’1531
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