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Introductory Note

[1755] Scil. “Octavius.”

Chapter XVI.—Argument: Octavius Arranges His Reply, and Trusts that He Shall Be Able to Dilute the Bitterness of Reproach with the River of Truthful Words. He Proceeds to Weaken the Individual Arguments of Cæcilius. Nobody Need Complain that the Christians, Unlearned Though They May Be, Dispute About Heavenly Things Because It is Not the Authority of Him Who Argues, But the Truth of the Argument Itself, that Should Be Considered.

[1756] Some read, “in the light.”

[1757] Cæcilius.

[1758] Otherwise “his.”

[1759] Some read “cavillaverit” instead of “vacillaverit,” which would give the sense, “make captious objections.”

[1760] This is otherwise given “certainty,” which helps the meaning of the passage.

[1761] Otherwise, “Far from his guileless subtlety is so crafty a trickery.” But the readings are very unsettled.

Chapter XVII.—Argument: Man Ought Indeed to Know Himself, But This Knowledge Cannot Be Attained by Him Unless He First of All Acknowledges the Entire Scope of Things, and God Himself. And from the Constitution and Furniture of the World Itself, Every One Endowed with Reason Holds that It Was Established by God, and is Governed and Administered by Him.

[1762] Some read, “the Lord God.”

[1763] Scil. “atoms.”

[1764] According to some, “point out” or “indicate.”

[1765] Olives ripen in the month of December.

Chapter XVIII.—Argument: Moreover, God Not Only Takes Care of the Universal World, But of Its Individual Parts. That by the Decree of the One God All Things are Governed, is Proved by the Illustration of Earthly Empires. But Although He, Being Infinite and Immense—And How Great He Is, is Known to Himself Alone—Cannot Either Be Seen or Named by Us, Yet His Glory is Beheld Most Clearly When the Use of All Titles is Laid Aside.

[1766] [In the case of Darius Hystaspes.]

[1767] Eteocles and Polynices.

[1768] Pompey and Cæsar.

[1769] According to some, “one fate.”

[1770] These words are omitted by some editors.

Chapter XIX.—Argument: Moreover, the Poets Have Called Him the Parent of Gods and Men, the Creator of All Things, and Their Mind and Spirit. And, Besides, Even the More Excellent Philosophers Have Come Almost to the Same Conclusion as the Christians About the Unity of God.

[1771] Homer, Odyss., xviii. 136, 137.

[1772] Virgil, Æneid, vi. 724.

[1773] Some read, “For these things are true.”

[1774] Virgil, Georgics, iv. 221; Æneid, i. 743.

[1775] Otherwise, “Speusippus.”

 

 

 

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