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5.Τοῡ γὰρ καὶ γένος ἐσμέν. . . . . . .
5.And we his offspring are.
The ancient philosophers considered the proœmium of Aratus, of which this passage forms a part, as applicable either μυθικῶς to Jove, Δημισνργὸς the Creator, or φυσικῶς to Jove, Ἀιθὴρ the air.
"Πρὸς το, ῾Πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε.' εἰ γὰρ αὐτὸς ταῦτα ἐδημιούργησε πρὸς τὸ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις βιωφιλὲς, αὐτοῦ ἂν κληθείημεν, αὐτὸν πατέρα καὶ δημιουργὸν ἐπιγραφόμενοι. Δύναται δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀέρος· αὐτὸν γὰρ ἐπισπώμενοι ὡς ἐξ αὐτοῦ ζῶμεν, ὄντος ζωτικοῦ καὶ τῆς πνοῆς ἡμῶν αἰτίου."
From these words, which St Paul quoted to the philosophers of Athens to prove the unity of the godhead, Manillius deduces an argument for the immortality of the soul
Et capto potimur mundo, nostrumque parentem
Stirps sua perspicimus, genitique accedimus astris.
An dubium est habitare Deum sub pectore nostro?
In cœlumque redire animas cœloque venire?"
(Lib. iv. 883.)
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16. Αὐτὸς, καὶ προτέρη γενεή. . . . . . . .
"Vide Scholiasten, qui heroes, Perseum, Oriona, aliosque intelligit. Nonnulli ad Jovem ipsum referunt, et explicant αὐτὸς καὶ προτέρη γενεὴ, qui et ipse es et prima propago: cui quidem
