Sweet Honey of the Muses
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"...since by this means they recover strength and health. I have a similar intention now: since this philosophy of ours often appears somewhat off-putting to htose who have not experienced it, and most people recoil back from it, I have preferred to expound it to you in harmonious Pierian poetry and, so to speak, coat it with the sweet honey of the Muses. My hope..." (Book I, Lines 944-947 and Book IV Lines 19-22)
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