I imagine an aged Greek slave, serving
a Roman master with slavish flattery.
I imagine him broken in body but vibrant
in mind. He spends hours each day
several spheres above all the others.
His sight turned inward, he withdraws
from daily light to seek light’s origin
in dark webs of the mind. He penetrates
things other despair of understanding.
From the world he expected nothing:
he was speechless when the King paid
the ransom of his freedom, and installed
him a country villa. A free man, he teaches
young men to be in bondage only to Truth and Goodness.
The Ancient Greek Philosopher
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