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Ϝ Acts and Noble Acts
Great social or individual acts are the pathway to growth and personal development.
The action to solve something and to improve is the key to personal and collective success.
The power of acting begins from the individual human being and extends onward. It starts from our life, extending outwards.
As we deny our right to act, or even better, to act wisely, we do not advance.
Of all, those who advance the least are those who do nothing and embark on no action. Every action matters, small or great.
We are to draw inspiration from great acts of bravery and achievements of the past while envisioning great works for the future: the more we understand, the more inspired we will be.
Inspiration moves into action, and action can breed the nobler acts, through a noble heart and soul.
Ϝ Prayer:
“O Master Zeus,
Great Zeus,
Wielder of the Thunderbolt,
Inspire us into action,
Praised be you, who inspires our Noblest Acts!”
Ancient Greek Code Prayer Πράξεις καὶ Εὐγενεῖς Πράξεις
Ὦ δέσποτα Ζεῦ,
ὦ μέγα Ζεῦ,
κεραυνοφόρε,
ἔμπνευσον ἡμῖν τὴν πρᾶξιν·
σὲ αἰνοῦμεν, πηγὴν τῶν εὐγενεστάτων ἔργων.
Transliteration
Ō despota Zeu,
ō mega Zeu,
keraunophore,
empneuson hēmin tēn praxin;
se ainoumen, pēgēn tōn eugenestatōn ergōn.
Meaning
The prayer asks Zeus to inspire action and honors him as a source of noble deeds.
The Ethic in Ancient Greek
Μεγάλα ἔργα, ἐν κοινωνίᾳ τε καὶ ἐν ἰδίῳ βίῳ, αὔξησιν καὶ πρόοδον ἐργάζονται.
Πᾶσα πρᾶξις ἡ πρόβλημα λύουσα ἢ τὸν βίον βελτιοῦσα ὁδὸς ἐπιτυχίας ἐστίν.
Ἡ πρᾶξις ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἄρχεται καὶ πρὸς ἄλλους κύκλους ἐπεκτείνεται.
Ὁ τὴν πρᾶξιν καὶ τὴν σοφίαν ἀρνούμενος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ πρόοδον κωλύει.
Ἀργὸς ὢν ὀλίγιστα προκόπτει τις· διὰ μόνης ἐπιθυμίας οὐδὲν ἐπιτελεῖται.
Αἱ παλαιαὶ ἀνδρεῖαι πράξεις καὶ τὰ μέλλοντα μεγάλα ἔργα πρὸς ἔργον ἡμᾶς ἐγείρουσιν.
Ἔνθεος ὁρμὴ εἰς πρᾶξιν μεταβαίνει, ἡ δὲ πρᾶξις, ἐξ εὐγενοῦς καρδίας καὶ ψυχῆς γενομένη, εὐγενὲς ἔργον γίνεται.
Praxeis kai Eugeneis Praxeis · Transliteration
Megala erga, en koinōniai te kai en idiōi biōi, auxēsin kai proodon ergazontai.
Pasa praxis hē problēma lyousa ē ton bion beltiousa hodos epitykhias estin.
Hē praxis apo tou henos arkhetai kai pros allous kyklous epekteinetai.
Ho tēn praxin kai tēn sophian arnoumenos tēn heautou proodon kōlyei.
Argos ōn oligista prokoptei tis; dia monēs epithymias ouden epiteleitai.
Hai palaiai andreiai praxeis kai ta mellonta megala erga pros ergon hēmas egeirousin.
Entheos hormē eis praxin metabainei, hē de praxis, ex eugenous kardias kai psykhēs genomenē, eugenes ergon ginetai.
Page & Holy Texts: High Priest Zevios Metathronos