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Nay, Prometheus himself is the cause of man’s misery—Prometheus who cares for poor mortals! Instead of fire which is the beginning of all evil he ought rather to have stolen sweet nectar, which rejoices the heart of the gods, and given that to men, that he might have scattered the furrows of the world.
•Nonnos, Dionysiaca (C5).

The philosopher who would fain extinguish his passions resembles the chemist who would like to let his furnace go o...