You know, now that you mention it, it occurs to me that the Moon is god(dess) that governs change (and frequently changes, Herself), is she not?
I suspect that Sallustius is even using "god" as a term of art, here. Apuleius seems to clearly treat "the Moon is a god" as a "Common Conception:"
[...] there is not any Greek, or any barbarian, who will not easily conjecture that the Sun and Moon are Gods;
But I suspect what Apuleius means by "god" is not what Sallustius means by "god." (It's also worth noting that Apuleius predates Sallustius by a couple hundred years; indeed he predates Neoplatonism. So I suspect we're dealing with a special set of notions peculiar to Neoplatonism, which are not quite clear to me.)
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Re: the nature of change
Date: 2021-11-04 08:59 pm (UTC)I suspect that Sallustius is even using "god" as a term of art, here. Apuleius seems to clearly treat "the Moon is a god" as a "Common Conception:"
But I suspect what Apuleius means by "god" is not what Sallustius means by "god." (It's also worth noting that Apuleius predates Sallustius by a couple hundred years; indeed he predates Neoplatonism. So I suspect we're dealing with a special set of notions peculiar to Neoplatonism, which are not quite clear to me.)