A Dissertation on the Philosophy of Aristotle

IN WHICH HIS PRINCIPAL PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL DOGMAS ARE UNFOLDED;
AND IT IS SHOWN, FROM INDUBITABLE EVIDENCE, THAT HIS PHILOSOPHY HAS NOT
BEEN ACCURATELY KNOWN SINCE THE DESTRUCTION OF THE GREEKS.
THE INSUFFICIENCY ALSO OF THE PHILOSOPHY THAT HAS
BEEN SUBSTITUTED BY THE MODERNS FOR THAT
OF ARISTOTLE, IS DEMONSTRATED.

JOVE HONOURS ME AND FAVOURS MY DESIGNS.
POPE'S HOM. IL. BOOK 9, v. 717.

I would say that this type of philosophy came to men for the benefit of the souls here, INSTEAD OF IMAGES, INSTEAD OF TEMPLES, INSTEAD OF THE ENTIRE TRADITIONAL WORSHIP, as a guide to salvation for those who live now and for those who will be born hereafter. Original Greek: "Τουτον εγω φαιην αν φιλοσοφιας τυπον εις ανθρωπους ελθειν, επ’ ευεργεσια των τηδε Ψυχων, ΑΝΤΙ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΑΛΜΑΤΩΝ, ΑΝΤΙ ΤΩΝ ΙΕΡΩΝ, ΑΝΤΙ ΤΗΣ ΟΛΗΣ ΑΓΙΣΤΕΙΑΣ ΑΤΤΗΣ, και σωτηριας αρχηγον τοις γε νυν ανθρωποις, και τοις εισαυθις γενησομενοις." — Proclus, Commentary on the Parmenides.