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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[1333] Gratia. Thus Pliny, “Tanta gratia, tanta auctoritas in unâ vilissimâ tunicâ.” Cf. Juv., Sat., xi. 195. Gibbon thus describes the scene: “The spectators remained in eager attention, their eyes fixed on the charioteers, their minds agitated with hope and fear for the success of the colour which they favoured.”
[1334] Tenuis.
[1335] Illustris.
[1336] Princeps.
Chap. VI.—Why the World and Man Were Created. How Unprofitable is the Worship of False Gods.
[1337] Circumscriptione.
[1338] Revolvantur. Others read “resolvantur.”
Chap. VII.—Of the Variety of Philosophers, and Their Truth.
[1339] [See Clement, sparsim, and notably (cap. 5 of Stromata) vol. ii. p. 305, this series.]
[1340] Veri peritus ac sciens.
[1341] Sine delectu.
[1342] Particulatim.
[1343] In the Timæus
[1345] Minutis seminibus conglobatis.
[1346] Confitetur.
[1347] Gen. i.; Ps. viii.; Heb. ii.
[1348] Deduxit ad nihilum.
[1349] Figmentum.
[1350] Singulis ratio non quadravit.
Chap. VIII.—Of the Immortality of the Soul.
[1351] Suspicione.
[1352] Communitatem.
[1353] [“We must wait patiently,” said Socrates, “until some one, either a god or man, teach us our moral and religious duties, and remove the darkness from our eyes.”—Alcibiad , ii., Opera, vol. v. p. 101, Bipont.]
Chap. IX.—Of the Immortality of the Soul, and of Virtue.
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