Pythagoras teaches among other excellent doctrines this also, "walk not on the highways.” This does not mean that we should climb steep hills-the school was not prescribing foot-weariness-but it indicates by this figure that in our words and deeds we should not follow popular and beaten tracks. (Philo)

Pythagoras teaches among other excellent doctrines this also, "walk not on the highways.” This does not mean that we should climb steep hills-the school was not prescribing foot-weariness-but it indicates by this figure that in our words and deeds we should not follow popular and beaten tracks.

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