294).

He is unaware apparently of the tradition which attributes the expression to Plato, though it is not found in Plato's writings.

Plutarch, I believe, is the first person who mentions the saying, and discusses what Plato exactly meant by it.

In truth, it is one of that large class of dicta which look more ingenious than they are true.

There is a fine Latin passage by Barrow on the mighty geometry of the universe, and the reader of the _Religio Medici_ (p.