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Another topic, when something contrary to what
has already been done is on the point of being done, consists in examining them
together. For instance, when the people of Elea asked Xenophanes if they ought to sacrifice and sing dirges to
Leucothea,1 or not, he advised
them that, if they believed her to be a goddess they ought not to sing dirges,
but if they believed her to be a mortal, they ought not to sacrifice to her.
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