Ante-Nicene Fathers — Vol. 06 — CCEL UTF-8 text — Section 2055
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Work: Ante-Nicene Fathers — Volume 6
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Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. 6
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4. If perchance it is not this, [4785] are victims not slain in sacrifice to the gods, and cast upon their flaming altars to give them [4786] some pleasure and delight? And can any man persuade himself that the gods become mild as they are exhilarated by pleasures, that they long for sensual enjoyment, and, like some base creatures, are affected by agreeable sensations, and charmed and tickled for the moment by [4787] a pleasantness which soon passes away? For that which is overcome by pleasure must be harassed by its opposite, sorrow; nor can that be free from the anxiety of grief, wh…
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