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Nor need the fact that rejections of god have taken place in certain parts of the earth and will often take place hereafter, disturb the mind of the wise: both because these things do not affect the Gods, just as we saw that worship did not benefit them; and because the soul, being of middle essence, cannot be always right; and because the whole world cannot enjoy the providence of the Gods equally, but some parts may partake of it eternally, some at certain times, some in the primal manner, some in the secondary.

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One may call the world a myth, in which bodies and things are visible, but souls and minds hidden.

Those who wish to hear about the Gods should have been well guided from childhood, and not habituated to foolish beliefs.

To say that God turns away from the evil is like saying that the sun hides himself from the blind.

May these explanations of the myths find favour in the eyes of the Gods themselves and the souls of those who wrote the myths.

The divine itself is without needs, and the worship is paid for our own benefit. The providence of the Gods reaches everywhere and needs only some congruity for its reception.

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