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</table>Brucehttps://wiki.oeralinda.org/index.php?title=EN033.22_Minerva&diff=21378&oldid=prevJan: fixations, imprisonments2025-03-21T13:32:52Z<p>fixations, imprisonments</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At this, Hellenia rose from her seat and declared: “The sparrows follow the sower, the folks their good leaders. Therefore, you ought to begin by making yourselves so pure that you may look inward and outward without reddening in shame before your own conscience. But, instead of purifying the people, you have invented foul feasts where they drink so excessively that they end up wallowing in the mud like swine, for you to satisfy your vile lusts.” The people began to yell and jeer, so that the priests did not dare <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">resume the </del>bickering.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At this, Hellenia rose from her seat and declared: “The sparrows follow the sower, the folks their good leaders. Therefore, you ought to begin by making yourselves so pure that you may look inward and outward without reddening in shame before your own conscience. But, instead of purifying the people, you have invented foul feasts where they drink so excessively that they end up wallowing in the mud like swine, for you to satisfy your vile lusts.” The people began to yell and jeer, so that the priests did not dare <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">continue </ins>bickering.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Brucehttps://wiki.oeralinda.org/index.php?title=EN033.22_Minerva&diff=21376&oldid=prevBruce at 11:45, 21 March 20252025-03-21T11:45:02Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At this, Hellenia rose from her seat and declared: “The sparrows follow the sower, the folks their good leaders. Therefore, you ought to begin by making yourselves so pure that you may look inward and outward without reddening in shame before your own conscience. But, instead of purifying the people, you have invented foul feasts where they drink so excessively that they end up wallowing in the mud like <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pigs</del>, for you to satisfy your vile lusts.” The people began to yell and jeer, so that the priests did not dare resume the debate.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At this, Hellenia rose from her seat and declared: “The sparrows follow the sower, the folks their good leaders. Therefore, you ought to begin by making yourselves so pure that you may look inward and outward without reddening in shame before your own conscience. But, instead of purifying the people, you have invented foul feasts where they drink so excessively that they end up wallowing in the mud like <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">swine</ins>, for you to satisfy your vile lusts.” The people began to yell and jeer, so that the priests did not dare resume the debate.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Brucehttps://wiki.oeralinda.org/index.php?title=EN033.22_Minerva&diff=21323&oldid=prevJan: italic in note2025-03-12T12:20:21Z<p>italic in note</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>“No,” said Minerva. “But I know no gods who are doers of evil. Therefore, I cannot entreat them to become better. I know only one ‘God’ — that is Wralda’s spirit. And because ‘God’ means ‘good’, he also does no evil.”<ref>‘and because <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">‘god’ </del>means <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">‘good’</del>...’ — lit.: ‘but because he is God/good...’</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>“No,” said Minerva. “But I know no gods who are doers of evil. Therefore, I cannot entreat them to become better. I know only one ‘God’ — that is Wralda’s spirit. And because ‘God’ means ‘good’, he also does no evil.”<ref>‘and because <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''God'' </ins>means <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''good''</ins>...’ — lit.: ‘but because he is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>God/good<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>...’</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>“Yes,” Hellenia said: '''[[037|[037]]]''' “Crows and other birds feed only on foul carrion, whereas the plague likes not only foul carrion, but also foul morals, customs, and habits.<ref>‘habits’ (<span class="fryas">FANGNISA</span>) — lit.: <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">‘imprisonments’</del>, here understood as <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">‘psychic imprisonment’</del>, from verb <span class="fryas">FANGA</span> (to catch, capture, trap).</ref> If you want the plague to go away and never come again, you must rid yourselves of these habits, and see that you all become pure,<ref>‘rid yourselves of these habits’ (<span class="fryas">THA FANGNISA WÉI DVA</span>) — lit.: ‘do away with imprisonments’.</ref> inside and out.”</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>“Yes,” Hellenia said: '''[[037|[037]]]''' “Crows and other birds feed only on foul carrion, whereas the plague likes not only foul carrion, but also foul morals, customs, and habits.<ref>‘habits’ (<span class="fryas">FANGNISA</span>) — lit.: <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''imprisonments''</ins>, here understood as <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''psychic imprisonment''</ins>, from verb <span class="fryas">FANGA</span> (to catch, capture, trap).</ref> If you want the plague to go away and never come again, you must rid yourselves of these habits, and see that you all become pure,<ref>‘rid yourselves of these habits’ (<span class="fryas">THA FANGNISA WÉI DVA</span>) — lit.: ‘do away with imprisonments’.</ref> inside and out.”</div></td></tr>
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