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E Entropy
Basic research into the laws of physics points us to the laws of entropy. The theory of entropy and how these effects are manifest in our world does not mean that they are manifest in all worlds.
Entropy is really active in our world, in human beings, and in human works. Self-destruction is also a part of entropy.
Counteracting entropy requires constant effort to maintain things so that they do not collapse under its weight.
This involves ourselves, our society, the buildings in our world, human relationships, etc.; everything in existence is subject to the laws of entropy. Yet the Gods have created human beings with the ability to defy these laws and prevail against them, provided they put concentrated effort into doing so.
Strong energetic units can be more resistant to entropy, in contrast to passivity, which allows entropy to take place. The stronger our buildings are, the more resistant they will be to entropy; the same goes for our ethical character or our civilization.
We must make it a goal to strive to overcome these forces of entropy, which constantly work for our destruction.
We overcome entropy by being aware of it, but also by applying the virtues of effort, following the teachings of Aphrodite.
E Prayer:
"O Lady Aphrodite, Queen of everlasting creation,
Make us all stray far away from the law of Entropy,
Take us from the house of death,
And establish us in the house of Eternal Life."
Ancient Greek Code Prayer Ἡ Ἐντροπία
Ὦ δέσποινα Ἀφροδίτη, βασίλισσα τῆς ἀενάου δημιουργίας,
πόρρω τῆς ἐντροπίας ἡμᾶς ἄγαγε·
ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ θανάτου ἡμᾶς λάβε,
καὶ ἐν οἴκῳ αἰωνίου ζωῆς ἵδρυσον.
Transliteration
Ō despoina Aphroditē, basilissa tēs aenaou dēmiourgias,
porrō tēs entropias hēmas agage;
ek tou oikou tou thanatou hēmas labe,
kai en oikōi aiōniou zōēs hidryson.
Meaning
The prayer asks Aphrodite to lead the speakers from decay toward enduring life.
The Ethic in Ancient Greek
Ἡ τῶν φυσικῶν νόμων ἔρευνα πρὸς τὴν ἐντροπίαν ἄγει· ὁ δ᾽ ἐν τῷδε κόσμῳ τρόπος αὐτῆς οὐκ ἀναγκαίως ἐν πᾶσι κόσμοις ὁ αὐτός.
Ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἡμῶν, ἐν ἀνθρώποις καὶ ἔργοις, ἡ ἐντροπία ἐνεργεῖ· καὶ ἡ αὐτοφθορὰ μέρος αὐτῆς ἐστίν.
Πρὸς τὴν ἐντροπίαν ἀντιτάσσεται συνεχὴς σπουδὴ φυλάττειν τὰ ὄντα, ἵνα μὴ ὑπὸ τοῦ βάρους αὐτῆς καταπέσωσιν.
Ἑαυτοί, κοινωνία, οἰκοδομήματα, σχέσεις καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν βίῳ τῇ φθορᾷ ὑπόκεινται· οἱ Θεοὶ δ᾽ ἀνθρώποις δύναμιν ἔδωκαν αὐτῇ ἀντιστῆναι, ἐὰν ἐπιμελῶς πράττωσιν.
Τὰ ἰσχυρὰ ἐνεργήματα μᾶλλον ἀντέχει· ἡ δ᾽ ἀπάθεια τῇ φθορᾷ τόπον δίδωσιν. Οἶκος βεβαίως ᾠκοδομημένος ἀντέχει, ὁμοίως ἦθος καὶ πολιτισμὸς βεβαίως καλλιεργούμενος.
Σκοπὸν ποιητέον τὰς δυνάμεις τῆς ἐντροπίας, αἳ ἀεὶ πρὸς φθορὰν ῥέπουσιν, ὑπερβαίνειν.
Συνιέντες αὐτὴν καὶ τὴν ἀρετὴν τῆς προσπαθείας ἀσκοῦντες, κατὰ τὴν Ἀφροδίτης διδασκαλίαν, νικῶμεν.
Hē Entropia · Transliteration
Hē tōn physikōn nomōn ereuna pros tēn entropian agei; ho d᾽ en tōide kosmōi tropos autēs ouk anankaiōs en pasi kosmois ho autos.
En tōi kosmōi hēmōn, en anthrōpois kai ergois, hē entropia energei; kai hē autophthora meros autēs estin.
Pros tēn entropian antitassetai synekhēs spoudē phylattein ta onta, hina mē hypo tou barous autēs katapesōsin.
Heautoi, koinōnia, oikodomēmata, skheseis kai panta ta en biōi tēi phthorai hypokeintai; hoi Theoi d᾽ anthrōpois dynamin edōkan autēi antistēnai, ean epimelōs prattōsin.
Ta iskhyra energēmata mallon antekhei; hē d᾽ apatheia tēi phthorai topon didōsin. Oikos bebaiōs ōikodomēmenos antekhei, homoiōs ēthos kai politismos bebaiōs kalliergoumenos.
Skopon poiēteon tas dynameis tēs entropias, hai aei pros phthoran rhepousin, hyperbainein.
Synientes autēn kai tēn aretēn tēs prospatheias askountes, kata tēn Aphroditēs didaskalian, nikōmen.
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