But God, who is the Eternal Mind, is undoubtedly of excellence, complete and perfect in every part.
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It is possible that Mount Olympus may have supplied the poets with the hint for saying that Jupiter obtained the kingdom of heaven, because Olympus is the common name both of the mountain and of heaven.Lactantius
Let us come to the philosophers, whose authority is of greater weight, and their judgment more to be relied on, because they are believed to have paid attention, not to matters of fiction, but to the investigation of the truth.
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But if destruction is far removed from God, because He is incorruptible and eternal, it follows that the divine power is incapable of division.
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Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other sex, when they themselves do not require succession, since they are always about to exist?
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But God, who is immortal, has no need of difference of sex, nor of succession.
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For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all.
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