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330 one who loves man, and set it before those who have intelligence, which all ought to have who are privileged to witness the administration of the universe, so that they should worship unchangeably Him who knows all things. This I shall do, not by mere display of words, but by altogether using demonstration drawn from the old poetry in Greek literature, and from writings very common amongst all. For from these the famous men who have handed down as law idol-worship to the multitudes, shall be taught and convicted by their own poets and literature of great ignorance.

First, then, Æschylus, in expounding the arrangement of his work, expressed himself also as follows respecting the only God: