watr'y

Updated: May 27, 2025

That lay before him indistinct and vast, Like a broad shield amid the watr'y waste. In short, an unscientific perception of the ineffable nature of the Divinity resembles that of a man, who on surveying the heavens, should assert of the altitude of its highest part, that it surpasses that of the loftiest tree, and is therefore immeasurable.

Thomas Taylor - Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato