Arissteides: Extant Fragments of an Unknown Philosopher

Arissteides: Extant Fragments of an Unknown Philosopher

My grandfather was an antiquities scholar and a criminal. Late in his life, he stole a cache of newly discovered ancient writings and somehow smuggled them home. The gods, one might posit, were displeased, for they sent forth a raging fire that consumed him, his home, and his life’s possessions, including his secret treasures. The only remains are the precocious translations of a child allowed one summer afternoon to peruse the less damaged fragments of an unknown philosopher…

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.1.
The murder of a stranger is said to be bad.
Those who knew the murdered to be bad say it is good.

.2.
The Logos is hidden inside everything.

.3.
A man who destroys an annoying insect
must not criticize the Gods.

.4.
Gods are the Logos personified.
Men are the Gods personified.

.5.
The soul (psyche) is fire.

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d.hues is a thinly sketched persona of the Cartesian Demon. His character has a wife, kids, and a company job. He is an undeveloped stereotype who does not matter. What matters only are your feelings about the ideas explored under this nom de plume.