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For let no great person deceive himself, if he have not the true life of greatness, he is but an Idol, and the publick reverence which men yeild him, is but a kind of Idolatry. Seneca having considered with himself the vanity of idol-worship used in his times, tells us, that wise men did such things, tanquam legibus jussa, non tanquam diis placentia ; |
For let no great person deceive himself, if he have not the true life of greatness, he is but an Idol, and the public Reverence which men yield him, is but a kind of Idolatry. Senecca having considered with himself the vanity of idol-worship used in his times, tells us, that wise men did such things, tanquam legibus jussa, non tanquam Dis Placentia; |
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