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It is moreover a doctrine of Zeno's, that temples are
not to be built to the Gods; for that a temple is neither a
thing of much value nor holy; since no work of carpenters
and handicrafts-men can be of much value. And yet they
who praise these things as well and wisely said are initiated
in the sacred mysteries, go up to the Citadel (where Minerva's temple stands), adore the shrines, and adorn with
garlands the sacraries, being the works of carpenters and
mechanical persons. Again, they think that the Epicureans, who sacrifice to the Gods and yet deny them to
meddle with the government of the world, do thereby refute themselves; whereas they themselves are more contrary
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to themselves, sacrificing on altars and in temples,
which they affirm ought not to stand nor to have been
built.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Morals. Translated from the Greek by several hands. Corrected and revised by. William W. Goodwin, PH. D. Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. Cambridge. Press Of John Wilson and son. 1874. 4.
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