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greeable to God, and becoming in hisfollowers? One only, expressed once for all in the old saying that"like agrees with like, with measure measure," but things which haveno measure agree neither with themselves nor with the things whichhave. Now God ought to be to us the measure of all things, and notman,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], as men commonly say (Protagoras): the words are far more trueof him. And he who would be dear to God must,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], as far as is possible,be like him and such as he is. Wherefore the temperate man is thefriend of God, for he is like him; and the intemperate man is unlikehim, and different from him, and unjust. And the same applies to otherthings; and this is the conclusion, which is also the noblest andtruest of all sayings-that for the good man to offer sacrifice tothe Gods, and hold converse with them by means of prayers andofferings and every kind of service, is the noblest and best of allthings,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and also the most conducive to a happy life, and very fitand meet. But with the bad man, the opposite of this is true: forthe bad man has an impure soul, whereas the good is pure; and from onewho is polluted, neither good man nor God can without improprietyreceive gifts. Wherefore the unholy do only waste their much serviceupon the Gods, but when offered by any holy man,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], such service ismost acceptable to them. This is the mark at which we ought to aim.But what weapons shall we use, and how shall we direct them? In thefirst place, we affirm that next after the Olympian Gods and theGods of
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