阿斯克勒庇俄斯

阿斯克勒庇俄斯你了解所有事情的因果！

How quickly thou understandest the reason of things , Asclepios !

哦，阿斯克勒庇俄斯，这个原因是什么？

What is the reason of this , O Trismegistus ?

哦，阿斯克勒庇俄斯，事物的原始法则是什幺？

What , O Trismegistus , are the primordial principles of things ?

是的，阿斯克勒庇俄斯，就象我愿意告诉你的一样，世界是好的。

Yes , the world is good , Asclepios , as I will inform thee .

哦，阿斯克勒庇俄斯，所有个体外观通用的物质是这些法则？

These principles are , then , O Trismegistus , the universal substance of all individual appearances ?

接着，阿斯克勒庇俄斯走开一会儿及为我们的对话找寻另外的一个听者。

Bur first , Asclepios , go away for a little while and look for another hearer for our discourse .

哦，阿斯克勒庇俄斯，意志是映像的结果，就意志来说意志是它自己、一个意愿的行动。

O Asclepios , Will is the result of reflection , and to will is itself an act of willing .

阿斯克勒庇俄斯，我请求你展示你全部的关注和全部心灵的激情；

I desire , O Asclepios , that thou mayest bring to this exposition all the attention and all the ardor of thy mind ;

哦，阿斯克勒庇俄斯，除我感知的外，你急切地想了解以何种方式天堂和居住在天堂的那些神能够成为人类渴望和崇拜的对象；

But I perceive , O Asclepios , that thou art anxious to know in what manner heaven and those who inhabit it can be the object of the aspiration and adoration of man ;

医药神阿波罗，阿斯克勒庇俄斯（希腊神话中的医神），阿克索（希腊神话中的健康女神）及帕那刻亚（希腊神话中代表完全治疗的女神）诸神为证，鄙人在此宣誓，愿以自身能力、判断力所及，遵守此约：

I swear by Apollo , the healer , Asclepius , Akso , and Panacea , and I take to witness all the gods , all the goddesses , to keep according to my ability and my judgment , the following Oath and agreement :