The contradictions of the Stoics (36-40)

urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg136.perseus-eng2:36-40

Refs	`{'start': {'reference': '36', 'human_reference': 'Section 36'}, 'end': {'reference': '40', 'human_reference': 'Section 40'}}`
Ancestors	`[]`
Children	`[]`

plain text • XML

Again, in his First Book of Justice, having spoken of the Gods as resisting the injustices of some, he says But wholly to take away vice is neither possible nor expedient. Whether it were not better that law-breaking, injustice, and folly should be taken away, is not the design of this present discourse to enquire. But he himself, as much as in him lies, by his philosophy taking away vice, which it is not expedient to take away, does something repugnant both to reason and God. Besides this, saying that God resists some injustices, he again declares plainly the impiety of sins.

Having often written that there is nothing reprehensible, nothing to be complained of in the world, all things being finished according to a most excellent nature, he again elsewhere leaves certain negligences to be reprehended, and those not concerning small or base matters.

For having in his Third Book of Substance related that some such things befall honest and good men, he says: Is it because some things are not regarded, as in great families some bran—yea, and some grains of corn also—are scattered, the generality being nevertheless well ordered; or is it that there are evil Genii set over those things in which there are real and faulty negligence And he also affirms that there is much necessity intermixed, I let pass, how inconsiderate it is to compare such accidents befalling honest and good men, as were the condemnation of Socrates, the burning of Pythagoras, whilst he was yet living, by the Cyloneans, the putting to death—and that with torture—of Zeno by the tyrant Demylus, and of Antiphon by Dionysius, with the letting of bran fall. But that there should be evil Genii placed by Providence over such charges,—how can it but be a reproach to God, as it would be to a king, to commit the administration of his provinces to evil and rash governors and captains, and suffer the best of his subjects to be despised and ill-treated by them? And furthermore, if there is much necessity mixed amongst affairs, then God has not power over them all, nor are they all administered according to his reason.

He contends much against Epicurus and those that take away providence from the conceptions we have of the Gods, whom we esteem beneficial and gracious to men. And these things being frequently said by them, there is no necessity of setting down the words. Yet all do not conceive the Gods to be good and favorable to us. For see what the Jews and Syrians think of the Gods; see also with how much superstition the poets are filled. But there is not any one, in a manner to speak of, that imagines God to be corruptible or to have been born. And to omit all others, Antipater the Tarsian, in his book of the Gods writes thus, word for word: At the beginning of our discourse we will briefly repeat the opinion we have

concerning God. We understand therefore God to be an animal, blessed and incorruptible, and beneficial to men. And then expounding every one of these terms he says: And indeed all men esteem the Gods to be incorruptible. Chrysippus therefore is, according to Antipater, not one of all men; for he thinks none of the Gods, except Fire, to be incorruptible, but that they all equally were born and will die. These things are, in a manner, everywhere said by him. But I will set down his words out of his Third Book of the Gods: It is otherwise with the Gods. For some of them are born and corruptible, but others not born. And to demonstrate these things from the beginning will be more fit for a treatise of Nature. For the Sun, the Moon, and other Gods who are of a like nature, were begotten; but Jupiter is eternal. And again going on: But the like will be said concerning dying and being born, both concerning the other Gods and Jupiter. For they indeed are corruptible, but his parts incorruptible. With these I compare a few of the things said by Antipater: Whosoever they are that take away from the Gods beneficence, they attack in some part our preconception of them; and according to the same reason they also do this, who think they participate of generation and corruption. If then he who esteems the Gods corruptible is equally absurd with him who thinks them not to be provident and gracious to men, Chrysippus is no less in an error than Epicurus. For one of them deprives the Gods of beneficence, the other of incorruptibility.

And moreover, Chrysippus, in his Third Book of the Gods treating of the other Gods being nourished, says thus: The other Gods indeed use nourishment, being equally sustained by it; but Jupiter and the World are sustained after another manner from those who are consumed and were engendered by fire. Here indeed he declares, that all the other Gods are nourished except the World and

Jupiter; but in his First Book of Providence he says. Jupiter increases till he has consumed all things into himself. For since death is the separation of the soul from the body, and the soul of the World is not indeed separated, but increases continually till it has consumed all matter into itself, it is not to be said that the World dies. Who can therefore appear to speak things more contradictory to himself than he who says that the same God is now nourished and again not nourished? Nor is there any need of gathering this by argument; for himself has plainly written in the same place: But the World alone is said to be self-sufficient, because it alone has in itself all things it stands in need of, and is nourished and augmented of itself, the other parts being mutually changed into one another. He is then repugnant to himself, not only by declaring in one place that all the Gods are nourished except the World and Jupiter, and saying in another, that the World also is nourished; but much more, when he affirms that the World increases by nourishing itself. Now the contrary had been much more probable, to wit, that the World alone does not increase, having its own destruction for its food; but that addition and increase are incident to the other Gods, who are nourished from without, and the World is rather consumed into them, if so it is that the World feeds on itself, and they always receive something and are nourished from that.

Secondly, the conception of the Gods contains in it felicity, blessedness, and self-perfection. Wherefore also Euripides is commended for saying:

For God, if truly God, does nothing want,

And all these speeches are but poets’ cant.
[*]

But Chrysippus in the places I have alleged says, that the World only is self-sufficient, because this alone has in itself all things it needs. What then follows from this, that the

World alone is self-sufficient? That neither the Sun, Moon, nor any other of the Gods is self-sufficient, and not being self-sufficient, they cannot be happy or blessed.

Tokens

Again	1	w	5
in	2	w	8
his	1	w	11
First	1	w	16
Book	1	w	20
of	1	w	22
Justice	1	w	29
having	1	w	36
spoken	1	w	42
of	2	w	44
the	1	w	47
Gods	1	w	51
as	1	w	53
resisting	1	w	62
the	2	w	65
injustices	1	w	75
of	3	w	77
some	1	w	81
he	3	w	84
says	1	w	88
But	1	w	91
wholly	1	w	97
to	1	w	99
take	1	w	103
away	1	w	107
vice	1	w	111
is	3	w	113
neither	1	w	120
possible	1	w	128
nor	1	w	131
expedient	1	w	140
Whether	1	w	148
it	2	w	150
were	1	w	154
not	1	w	157
better	1	w	163
that	1	w	167
law-breaking	1	w	179
injustice	2	w	189
and	1	w	193
folly	1	w	198
should	1	w	204
be	2	w	206
taken	1	w	211
away	2	w	215
is	4	w	218
not	2	w	221
the	5	w	224
design	1	w	230
of	4	w	232
this	1	w	236
present	1	w	243
discourse	1	w	252
to	2	w	254
enquire	1	w	261
But	2	w	265
he	8	w	267
himself	1	w	274
as	2	w	277
much	1	w	281
as	3	w	283
in	8	w	285
him	2	w	288
lies	1	w	292
by	1	w	295
his	3	w	298
philosophy	1	w	308
taking	1	w	314
away	3	w	318
vice	2	w	322
which	1	w	328
it	3	w	330
is	8	w	332
not	3	w	335
expedient	2	w	344
to	3	w	346
take	3	w	350
away	4	w	354
does	1	w	359
something	1	w	368
repugnant	1	w	377
both	1	w	381
to	4	w	383
reason	1	w	389
and	2	w	392
God	2	w	395
Besides	1	w	403
this	2	w	407
saying	1	w	414
that	2	w	418
God	3	w	421
resists	1	w	428
some	3	w	432
injustices	2	w	442
he	9	w	445
again	1	w	450
declares	1	w	458
plainly	1	w	465
the	6	w	468
impiety	1	w	475
of	5	w	477
sins	1	w	481
Having	1	w	488
often	1	w	493
written	1	w	500
that	3	w	504
there	1	w	509
is	11	w	511
nothing	1	w	518
reprehensible	1	w	531
nothing	2	w	539
to	5	w	541
be	3	w	543
complained	1	w	553
of	7	w	555
in	20	w	557
the	8	w	560
world	1	w	565
all	1	w	569
things	1	w	575
being	1	w	580
finished	1	w	588
according	1	w	597
to	6	w	599
a	37	w	600
most	1	w	604
excellent	1	w	613
nature	1	w	619
he	15	w	622
again	2	w	627
elsewhere	1	w	636
leaves	1	w	642
certain	1	w	649
negligences	1	w	660
to	7	w	662
be	5	w	664
reprehended	1	w	675
and	3	w	679
those	1	w	684
not	6	w	687
concerning	1	w	697
small	1	w	702
or	4	w	704
base	1	w	708
matters	1	w	715
For	1	w	719
having	2	w	725
in	29	w	727
his	5	w	730
Third	1	w	735
Book	2	w	739
of	8	w	741
Substance	1	w	750
related	1	w	757
that	4	w	761
some	4	w	765
such	1	w	769
things	2	w	775
befall	1	w	781
honest	1	w	787
and	4	w	790
good	1	w	794
men	1	w	797
he	18	w	800
says	2	w	804
Is	1	w	807
it	5	w	809
because	1	w	816
some	5	w	820
things	3	w	826
are	2	w	829
not	7	w	832
regarded	1	w	840
as	6	w	843
in	32	w	845
great	1	w	850
families	1	w	858
some	6	w	862
bran	1	w	866
yea	1	w	870
and	5	w	874
some	7	w	878
grains	1	w	884
of	9	w	886
corn	1	w	890
also	1	w	894
are	3	w	898
scattered	1	w	907
the	9	w	911
generality	1	w	921
being	2	w	926
nevertheless	1	w	938
well	1	w	942
ordered	1	w	949
or	8	w	952
is	14	w	954
it	7	w	956
that	5	w	960
there	2	w	965
are	4	w	968
evil	1	w	972
Genii	1	w	977
set	1	w	980
over	1	w	984
those	2	w	989
things	4	w	995
in	36	w	997
which	2	w	1002
there	3	w	1007
are	5	w	1010
real	1	w	1014
and	6	w	1017
faulty	1	w	1023
negligence	2	w	1033
And	1	w	1036
he	23	w	1038
also	2	w	1042
affirms	1	w	1049
that	6	w	1053
there	4	w	1058
is	15	w	1060
much	2	w	1064
necessity	1	w	1073
intermixed	1	w	1083
I	2	w	1085
let	1	w	1088
pass	1	w	1092
how	1	w	1096
inconsiderate	1	w	1109
it	9	w	1111
is	16	w	1113
to	8	w	1115
compare	1	w	1122
such	2	w	1126
accidents	1	w	1135
befalling	1	w	1144
honest	2	w	1150
and	7	w	1153
good	2	w	1157
men	2	w	1160
as	8	w	1163
were	2	w	1167
the	14	w	1170
condemnation	1	w	1182
of	10	w	1184
Socrates	1	w	1192
the	15	w	1196
burning	1	w	1203
of	11	w	1205
Pythagoras	1	w	1215
whilst	1	w	1222
he	27	w	1224
was	1	w	1227
yet	1	w	1230
living	1	w	1236
by	2	w	1239
the	16	w	1242
Cyloneans	1	w	1251
the	17	w	1255
putting	1	w	1262
to	9	w	1264
death	1	w	1269
and	8	w	1273
that	7	w	1277
with	1	w	1281
torture	1	w	1288
of	12	w	1291
Zeno	1	w	1295
by	3	w	1297
the	18	w	1300
tyrant	1	w	1306
Demylus	1	w	1313
and	9	w	1317
of	13	w	1319
Antiphon	1	w	1327
by	4	w	1329
Dionysius	1	w	1338
with	2	w	1343
the	19	w	1346
letting	1	w	1353
of	14	w	1355
bran	2	w	1359
fall	3	w	1363
But	3	w	1367
that	8	w	1371
there	5	w	1376
should	2	w	1382
be	10	w	1384
evil	2	w	1388
Genii	2	w	1393
placed	1	w	1399
by	5	w	1401
Providence	1	w	1411
over	2	w	1415
such	3	w	1419
charges	1	w	1426
how	2	w	1431
can	1	w	1434
it	12	w	1436
but	1	w	1439
be	11	w	1441
a	101	w	1442
reproach	1	w	1450
to	11	w	1452
God	4	w	1455
as	11	w	1458
it	13	w	1460
would	1	w	1465
be	12	w	1467
to	12	w	1469
a	104	w	1470
king	3	w	1474
to	13	w	1477
commit	1	w	1483
the	21	w	1486
administration	1	w	1500
of	15	w	1502
his	6	w	1505
provinces	1	w	1514
to	14	w	1516
evil	3	w	1520
and	10	w	1523
rash	1	w	1527
governors	1	w	1536
and	11	w	1539
captains	1	w	1547
and	12	w	1551
suffer	1	w	1557
the	22	w	1560
best	1	w	1564
of	16	w	1566
his	7	w	1569
subjects	1	w	1577
to	15	w	1579
be	14	w	1581
despised	1	w	1589
and	13	w	1592
ill-treated	1	w	1603
by	6	w	1605
them	1	w	1609
And	2	w	1613
furthermore	1	w	1624
if	1	w	1627
there	6	w	1632
is	21	w	1634
much	3	w	1638
necessity	2	w	1647
mixed	2	w	1652
amongst	1	w	1659
affairs	1	w	1666
then	1	w	1671
God	5	w	1674
has	1	w	1677
not	8	w	1680
power	1	w	1685
over	4	w	1689
them	2	w	1693
all	6	w	1696
nor	3	w	1700
are	7	w	1703
they	1	w	1707
all	7	w	1710
administered	1	w	1722
according	2	w	1731
to	16	w	1733
his	8	w	1736
reason	2	w	1742
He	1	w	1745
contends	1	w	1753
much	4	w	1757
against	1	w	1764
Epicurus	1	w	1772
and	14	w	1775
those	3	w	1780
that	9	w	1784
take	4	w	1788
away	5	w	1792
providence	1	w	1802
from	1	w	1806
the	29	w	1809
conceptions	1	w	1820
we	5	w	1822
have	1	w	1826
of	17	w	1828
the	30	w	1831
Gods	2	w	1835
whom	1	w	1840
we	6	w	1842
esteem	1	w	1848
beneficial	1	w	1858
and	15	w	1861
gracious	1	w	1869
to	17	w	1871
men	3	w	1874
And	3	w	1878
these	1	w	1883
things	5	w	1889
being	3	w	1894
frequently	1	w	1904
said	1	w	1908
by	7	w	1910
them	3	w	1914
there	7	w	1920
is	24	w	1922
no	13	w	1924
necessity	3	w	1933
of	18	w	1935
setting	1	w	1942
down	1	w	1946
the	34	w	1949
words	1	w	1954
Yet	1	w	1958
all	8	w	1961
do	3	w	1963
not	9	w	1966
conceive	1	w	1974
the	35	w	1977
Gods	3	w	1981
to	18	w	1983
be	17	w	1985
good	3	w	1989
and	16	w	1992
favorable	1	w	2001
to	19	w	2003
us	10	w	2005
For	2	w	2009
see	1	w	2012
what	1	w	2016
the	36	w	2019
Jews	1	w	2023
and	17	w	2026
Syrians	1	w	2033
think	1	w	2038
of	19	w	2040
the	37	w	2043
Gods	4	w	2047
see	2	w	2051
also	3	w	2055
with	3	w	2059
how	3	w	2062
much	5	w	2066
superstition	1	w	2078
the	38	w	2081
poets	1	w	2086
are	8	w	2089
filled	1	w	2095
But	4	w	2099
there	8	w	2104
is	25	w	2106
not	10	w	2109
any	1	w	2112
one	4	w	2115
in	55	w	2118
a	147	w	2119
manner	1	w	2125
to	20	w	2127
speak	1	w	2132
of	20	w	2134
that	10	w	2139
imagines	1	w	2147
God	9	w	2150
to	21	w	2152
be	18	w	2154
corruptible	1	w	2165
or	19	w	2167
to	22	w	2169
have	2	w	2173
been	1	w	2177
born	1	w	2181
And	4	w	2185
to	23	w	2187
omit	1	w	2191
all	9	w	2194
others	1	w	2200
Antipater	1	w	2210
the	41	w	2213
Tarsian	1	w	2220
in	57	w	2223
his	9	w	2226
book	1	w	2230
of	21	w	2232
the	42	w	2235
Gods	5	w	2239
writes	1	w	2245
thus	1	w	2249
word	2	w	2254
for	1	w	2257
word	3	w	2261
At	1	w	2264
the	43	w	2267
beginning	1	w	2276
of	22	w	2278
our	2	w	2281
discourse	2	w	2290
we	7	w	2292
will	1	w	2296
briefly	1	w	2303
repeat	1	w	2309
the	44	w	2312
opinion	1	w	2319
we	8	w	2321
have	3	w	2325
concerning	2	w	2335
God	11	w	2338
We	1	w	2341
understand	1	w	2351
therefore	1	w	2360
God	12	w	2363
to	24	w	2365
be	21	w	2367
an	30	w	2369
animal	1	w	2375
blessed	1	w	2383
and	19	w	2386
incorruptible	1	w	2399
and	20	w	2403
beneficial	2	w	2413
to	25	w	2415
men	4	w	2418
And	5	w	2422
then	2	w	2426
expounding	1	w	2436
every	1	w	2441
one	5	w	2444
of	23	w	2446
these	2	w	2451
terms	1	w	2456
he	60	w	2458
says	3	w	2462
And	6	w	2466
indeed	1	w	2472
all	10	w	2475
men	5	w	2478
esteem	2	w	2484
the	48	w	2487
Gods	6	w	2491
to	26	w	2493
be	23	w	2495
incorruptible	2	w	2508
Chrysippus	1	w	2519
therefore	2	w	2528
is	28	w	2530
according	3	w	2540
to	27	w	2542
Antipater	2	w	2551
not	11	w	2555
one	6	w	2558
of	24	w	2560
all	11	w	2563
men	6	w	2566
for	4	w	2570
he	63	w	2572
thinks	1	w	2578
none	1	w	2582
of	25	w	2584
the	50	w	2587
Gods	7	w	2591
except	1	w	2598
Fire	1	w	2602
to	28	w	2605
be	24	w	2607
incorruptible	3	w	2620
but	2	w	2624
that	11	w	2628
they	2	w	2632
all	12	w	2635
equally	1	w	2642
were	3	w	2646
born	2	w	2650
and	21	w	2653
will	2	w	2657
die	3	w	2660
These	1	w	2666
things	6	w	2672
are	9	w	2675
in	70	w	2678
a	176	w	2679
manner	2	w	2685
everywhere	1	w	2696
said	2	w	2700
by	8	w	2702
him	3	w	2705
But	5	w	2709
I	3	w	2710
will	3	w	2714
set	3	w	2717
down	2	w	2721
his	10	w	2724
words	2	w	2729
out	1	w	2732
of	26	w	2734
his	11	w	2737
Third	2	w	2742
Book	3	w	2746
of	27	w	2748
the	52	w	2751
Gods	8	w	2755
It	1	w	2758
is	31	w	2760
otherwise	1	w	2769
with	4	w	2773
the	54	w	2776
Gods	9	w	2780
For	3	w	2784
some	8	w	2788
of	28	w	2790
them	4	w	2794
are	10	w	2797
born	3	w	2801
and	22	w	2804
corruptible	5	w	2815
but	3	w	2819
others	2	w	2825
not	12	w	2828
born	4	w	2832
And	7	w	2836
to	29	w	2838
demonstrate	1	w	2849
these	3	w	2854
things	7	w	2860
from	2	w	2864
the	58	w	2867
beginning	2	w	2876
will	4	w	2880
be	26	w	2882
more	2	w	2886
fit	1	w	2889
for	5	w	2892
a	182	w	2893
treatise	1	w	2901
of	29	w	2903
Nature	1	w	2909
For	4	w	2913
the	59	w	2916
Sun	1	w	2919
the	60	w	2923
Moon	1	w	2927
and	23	w	2931
other	4	w	2936
Gods	10	w	2940
who	3	w	2943
are	11	w	2946
of	30	w	2948
a	187	w	2949
like	1	w	2953
nature	2	w	2959
were	4	w	2964
begotten	1	w	2972
but	4	w	2976
Jupiter	1	w	2983
is	34	w	2985
eternal	1	w	2992
And	8	w	2996
again	4	w	3001
going	1	w	3006
on	27	w	3008
But	6	w	3012
the	62	w	3015
like	2	w	3019
will	5	w	3023
be	28	w	3025
said	3	w	3029
concerning	3	w	3039
dying	1	w	3044
and	24	w	3047
being	4	w	3052
born	5	w	3056
both	2	w	3061
concerning	4	w	3071
the	63	w	3074
other	5	w	3079
Gods	11	w	3083
and	25	w	3086
Jupiter	2	w	3093
For	5	w	3097
they	3	w	3101
indeed	2	w	3107
are	12	w	3110
corruptible	6	w	3121
but	5	w	3125
his	12	w	3128
parts	1	w	3133
incorruptible	4	w	3146
With	1	w	3151
these	4	w	3156
I	5	w	3157
compare	2	w	3164
a	198	w	3165
few	1	w	3168
of	31	w	3170
the	67	w	3173
things	8	w	3179
said	4	w	3183
by	9	w	3185
Antipater	3	w	3194
Whosoever	1	w	3204
they	4	w	3208
are	14	w	3211
that	12	w	3215
take	5	w	3219
away	6	w	3223
from	3	w	3227
the	69	w	3230
Gods	12	w	3234
beneficence	1	w	3245
they	5	w	3250
attack	1	w	3256
in	83	w	3258
some	9	w	3262
part	2	w	3266
our	4	w	3269
preconception	1	w	3282
of	32	w	3284
them	5	w	3288
and	26	w	3292
according	4	w	3301
to	30	w	3303
the	72	w	3306
same	1	w	3310
reason	3	w	3316
they	6	w	3320
also	4	w	3324
do	5	w	3326
this	3	w	3330
who	4	w	3334
think	3	w	3339
they	7	w	3343
participate	1	w	3354
of	33	w	3356
generation	1	w	3366
and	27	w	3369
corruption	1	w	3379
If	1	w	3382
then	3	w	3386
he	92	w	3388
who	5	w	3391
esteems	1	w	3398
the	76	w	3401
Gods	13	w	3405
corruptible	8	w	3416
is	37	w	3418
equally	2	w	3425
absurd	1	w	3431
with	5	w	3435
him	4	w	3438
who	6	w	3441
thinks	2	w	3447
them	6	w	3451
not	13	w	3454
to	31	w	3456
be	31	w	3458
provident	1	w	3467
and	28	w	3470
gracious	2	w	3478
to	32	w	3480
men	7	w	3483
Chrysippus	2	w	3494
is	38	w	3496
no	20	w	3498
less	3	w	3502
in	87	w	3504
an	43	w	3506
error	1	w	3511
than	1	w	3515
Epicurus	2	w	3523
For	6	w	3527
one	8	w	3530
of	34	w	3532
them	7	w	3536
deprives	1	w	3544
the	79	w	3547
Gods	14	w	3551
of	35	w	3553
beneficence	2	w	3564
the	80	w	3568
other	6	w	3573
of	36	w	3575
incorruptibility	1	w	3591
And	9	w	3595
moreover	1	w	3603
Chrysippus	3	w	3614
in	89	w	3617
his	14	w	3620
Third	3	w	3625
Book	4	w	3629
of	37	w	3631
the	82	w	3634
Gods	15	w	3638
treating	1	w	3646
of	38	w	3648
the	83	w	3651
other	7	w	3656
Gods	16	w	3660
being	5	w	3665
nourished	1	w	3674
says	4	w	3679
thus	2	w	3683
The	2	w	3687
other	8	w	3692
Gods	17	w	3696
indeed	3	w	3702
use	2	w	3705
nourishment	1	w	3716
being	6	w	3722
equally	3	w	3729
sustained	1	w	3738
by	10	w	3740
it	28	w	3742
but	6	w	3746
Jupiter	3	w	3753
and	29	w	3756
the	86	w	3759
World	1	w	3764
are	15	w	3767
sustained	2	w	3776
after	1	w	3781
another	1	w	3788
manner	3	w	3794
from	4	w	3798
those	4	w	3803
who	7	w	3806
are	16	w	3809
consumed	1	w	3817
and	30	w	3820
were	5	w	3824
engendered	1	w	3834
by	11	w	3836
fire	1	w	3840
Here	1	w	3845
indeed	4	w	3851
he	107	w	3853
declares	2	w	3861
that	13	w	3866
all	16	w	3869
the	88	w	3872
other	10	w	3877
Gods	18	w	3881
are	18	w	3884
nourished	2	w	3893
except	2	w	3899
the	90	w	3902
World	2	w	3907
and	31	w	3910
Jupiter	4	w	3917
but	7	w	3921
in	97	w	3923
his	15	w	3926
First	2	w	3931
Book	5	w	3935
of	39	w	3937
Providence	2	w	3947
he	112	w	3949
says	5	w	3953
Jupiter	5	w	3961
increases	1	w	3970
till	1	w	3974
he	113	w	3976
has	2	w	3979
consumed	2	w	3987
all	17	w	3990
things	9	w	3996
into	1	w	4000
himself	2	w	4007
For	7	w	4011
since	1	w	4016
death	2	w	4021
is	44	w	4023
the	91	w	4026
separation	1	w	4036
of	40	w	4038
the	92	w	4041
soul	1	w	4045
from	5	w	4049
the	93	w	4052
body	1	w	4056
and	32	w	4060
the	94	w	4063
soul	2	w	4067
of	41	w	4069
the	95	w	4072
World	3	w	4077
is	45	w	4079
not	15	w	4082
indeed	5	w	4088
separated	1	w	4097
but	8	w	4101
increases	2	w	4110
continually	1	w	4121
till	2	w	4125
it	32	w	4127
has	3	w	4130
consumed	3	w	4138
all	19	w	4141
matter	2	w	4147
into	2	w	4151
itself	1	w	4157
it	34	w	4160
is	46	w	4162
not	16	w	4165
to	35	w	4167
be	35	w	4169
said	5	w	4173
that	14	w	4177
the	96	w	4180
World	4	w	4185
dies	1	w	4189
Who	2	w	4193
can	2	w	4196
therefore	3	w	4205
appear	1	w	4211
to	36	w	4213
speak	2	w	4218
things	10	w	4224
more	4	w	4228
contradictory	1	w	4241
to	38	w	4243
himself	3	w	4250
than	2	w	4254
he	121	w	4256
who	8	w	4259
says	6	w	4263
that	15	w	4267
the	98	w	4270
same	2	w	4274
God	26	w	4277
is	47	w	4279
now	1	w	4282
nourished	3	w	4291
and	33	w	4294
again	5	w	4299
not	17	w	4302
nourished	4	w	4311
Nor	1	w	4315
is	50	w	4317
there	12	w	4322
any	2	w	4325
need	1	w	4329
of	42	w	4331
gathering	1	w	4340
this	4	w	4344
by	12	w	4346
argument	1	w	4354
for	7	w	4358
himself	4	w	4365
has	4	w	4368
plainly	2	w	4375
written	2	w	4382
in	110	w	4384
the	101	w	4387
same	3	w	4391
place	2	w	4396
But	7	w	4400
the	102	w	4403
World	5	w	4408
alone	1	w	4413
is	52	w	4415
said	6	w	4419
to	39	w	4421
be	36	w	4423
self-sufficient	1	w	4438
because	2	w	4446
it	36	w	4448
alone	2	w	4453
has	5	w	4456
in	111	w	4458
itself	2	w	4464
all	20	w	4467
things	11	w	4473
it	38	w	4475
stands	1	w	4481
in	113	w	4483
need	2	w	4487
of	43	w	4489
and	35	w	4493
is	53	w	4495
nourished	5	w	4504
and	36	w	4507
augmented	1	w	4516
of	44	w	4518
itself	3	w	4524
the	103	w	4528
other	11	w	4533
parts	2	w	4538
being	7	w	4543
mutually	1	w	4551
changed	1	w	4558
into	3	w	4562
one	11	w	4565
another	2	w	4572
He	3	w	4575
is	55	w	4577
then	4	w	4581
repugnant	2	w	4590
to	41	w	4592
himself	5	w	4599
not	19	w	4603
only	1	w	4607
by	13	w	4609
declaring	1	w	4618
in	117	w	4620
one	12	w	4623
place	3	w	4628
that	16	w	4632
all	22	w	4635
the	107	w	4638
Gods	19	w	4642
are	19	w	4645
nourished	6	w	4654
except	3	w	4660
the	108	w	4663
World	6	w	4668
and	37	w	4671
Jupiter	6	w	4678
and	38	w	4682
saying	2	w	4688
in	119	w	4690
another	3	w	4697
that	17	w	4702
the	110	w	4705
World	7	w	4710
also	5	w	4714
is	57	w	4716
nourished	7	w	4725
but	9	w	4729
much	6	w	4733
more	5	w	4737
when	1	w	4742
he	141	w	4744
affirms	2	w	4751
that	18	w	4755
the	111	w	4758
World	8	w	4763
increases	3	w	4772
by	14	w	4774
nourishing	1	w	4784
itself	4	w	4790
Now	1	w	4794
the	112	w	4797
contrary	1	w	4805
had	1	w	4808
been	2	w	4812
much	7	w	4816
more	6	w	4820
probable	1	w	4828
to	42	w	4831
wit	6	w	4834
that	19	w	4839
the	113	w	4842
World	9	w	4847
alone	3	w	4852
does	2	w	4856
not	21	w	4859
increase	4	w	4867
having	3	w	4874
its	5	w	4877
own	3	w	4880
destruction	1	w	4891
for	8	w	4894
its	6	w	4897
food	1	w	4901
but	10	w	4905
that	20	w	4909
addition	1	w	4917
and	39	w	4920
increase	5	w	4928
are	20	w	4931
incident	1	w	4939
to	43	w	4941
the	114	w	4944
other	14	w	4949
Gods	20	w	4953
who	9	w	4957
are	21	w	4960
nourished	8	w	4969
from	6	w	4973
without	1	w	4980
and	40	w	4984
the	116	w	4987
World	10	w	4992
is	61	w	4994
rather	1	w	5000
consumed	4	w	5008
into	4	w	5012
them	8	w	5016
if	2	w	5019
so	22	w	5021
it	47	w	5023
is	62	w	5025
that	21	w	5029
the	119	w	5032
World	11	w	5037
feeds	1	w	5042
on	52	w	5044
itself	5	w	5050
and	41	w	5054
they	8	w	5058
always	1	w	5064
receive	1	w	5071
something	2	w	5080
and	42	w	5083
are	22	w	5086
nourished	9	w	5095
from	7	w	5099
that	22	w	5103
Secondly	1	w	5112
the	121	w	5116
conception	3	w	5126
of	45	w	5128
the	122	w	5131
Gods	21	w	5135
contains	1	w	5143
in	129	w	5145
it	49	w	5147
felicity	1	w	5155
blessedness	1	w	5167
and	43	w	5171
self-perfection	1	w	5186
Wherefore	1	w	5196
also	6	w	5200
Euripides	1	w	5209
is	64	w	5211
commended	1	w	5220
for	10	w	5223
saying	3	w	5229
For	8	w	5233
God	30	w	5236
if	3	w	5239
truly	1	w	5244
God	31	w	5247
does	3	w	5252
nothing	3	w	5259
want	1	w	5263
And	10	w	5267
all	23	w	5270
these	5	w	5275
speeches	1	w	5283
are	23	w	5286
but	11	w	5289
poets	2	w	5294
cant	1	w	5299
Hercules	1	w	5308
Furens	1	w	5314
1345	1	w	5319
But	8	w	5322
Chrysippus	4	w	5332
in	132	w	5334
the	124	w	5337
places	1	w	5343
I	7	w	5344
have	4	w	5348
alleged	1	w	5355
says	7	w	5359
that	23	w	5364
the	125	w	5367
World	12	w	5372
only	2	w	5376
is	65	w	5378
self-sufficient	2	w	5393
because	3	w	5401
this	5	w	5405
alone	4	w	5410
has	6	w	5413
in	133	w	5415
itself	6	w	5421
all	25	w	5424
things	12	w	5430
it	52	w	5432
needs	1	w	5437
What	1	w	5442
then	5	w	5446
follows	1	w	5453
from	8	w	5457
this	6	w	5461
that	24	w	5466
the	127	w	5469
World	13	w	5474
alone	5	w	5479
is	68	w	5481
self-sufficient	3	w	5496
That	1	w	5501
neither	2	w	5508
the	129	w	5511
Sun	2	w	5514
Moon	2	w	5519
nor	4	w	5523
any	3	w	5526
other	15	w	5531
of	46	w	5533
the	131	w	5536
Gods	22	w	5540
is	69	w	5542
self-sufficient	4	w	5557
and	44	w	5561
not	23	w	5564
being	8	w	5569
self-sufficient	5	w	5584
they	9	w	5589
cannot	1	w	5595
be	42	w	5597
happy	1	w	5602
or	77	w	5604
blessed	3	w	5611