Aeson : father of Jason, driven out from his kingdom by his brother Pelian. In one legend he died while Jason was seeking the Golden Fleece; in another, Medea (q.v.) restored his youth after Jason’s return. She cut his body into pieces which she threw into her cauldron, & out of it he emerged rejuvenated.
... the moulds of the past, but keep safe its gains and its spirit, or else thou hast no future. 238) Revolutions hew the past to pieces and cast it into a cauldron, but what has emerged is the old Aeson with a new visage. 239) The world has had only half a dozen successful revolutions and most even of these were very like failures; yet it is by great & noble failures that humanity advances. 240) ...
... 238—Break the moulds of the past, but keep safe its gains and its spirit, or else thou hast no future. 239—Revolutions hew the past to pieces and cast it into a cauldron, but what has emerged is the old Aeson with a new visage. 240—The world has had only half a dozen successful revolutions and most even of these were very like failures; yet it is by great and noble failures that humanity advances. ...
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