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The Sophic Hydrolith, Water Stone of the Wise
Anonymous and companion authors · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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The oratory names the place or setting of earnest devotional exercise before laboratory work. It stands with two other prerequisites: recognizing the matter and having it at hand. The short sentence makes prayerful preparation and material discernment jointly prior to practical labour. It does not describe an orator's profession, a musical composition, or a specific architectural plan. Keeping the paired entries for oratory and laboratory shows the ordered relation without turning one into a metaphor that cancels the other.
Places to read
- Part II: matter and the work · unit 12Earnest devotional practice belongs before laboratory labour.
Attested forms
oratorio