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ARGUMENT.
HITHERTO THE ARGUMENT HAS BEEN CONDUCTED AGAINST THOSE WHO
BELIEVE THAT THE GODS ARE TO
BE WORSHIPPED FOR THE SAKE OF TEMPORAL ADVANTAGES, NOW IT IS
DIRECTED AGAINST THOSE WHO
BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE TO BE WORSHIPPED FOR THE SAKE OF
ETERNAL LIFE. AUGUSTIN DEVOTES THE
FIVE FOLLOWING BOOKS TO THE CONFUTATION OF THIS LATTER
BELIEF, AND FIRST OF ALL SHOWS HOW
MEAN AN OPINION OF THE GODS WAS HELD BY VARRO HIMSELF, THE
MOST ESTEEMED WRITER ON
HEATHEN THEOLOGY. OF THIS THEOLOGY AUGUSTI |
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