Quote: it is foolish to understand the thunderbolt as a hidden purpose of the gods; why are the innocents hurt, why is lightening wasted on deserted places, why provide a warning?

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[VI.379] This is how to understand the thunderbolt, … and not by poring over // The mumbo-jumbo … the gods … [p. 209, VI.386] But if Jove and the other deities … and if the gods can throw // Fire … crime … Why is it someone else instead, all innocent … And as for wasting good throws on deserted … And if he wants to smite us unawares, … thunder? … [p. 210, VI.421] Why as rule is it the higher …   Google-1   Google-2

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