Plutarch's Miscellanies and Essays, Vol. 4 of 5: Comprising All His Works Collected Under the Title of "Morals" (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from Plutarch's Miscellanies and Essays, Vol. 4 of 5: Comprising All His Works Collected Under the Title of "Morals"

The great god Pan is dead, 23. Another story, about the death in Britain Of a Daemon, and the terrible storm that followed, 24. Opinions of the Stoics con cerning Daemons, 24. Epicureans reject the idea of Daemons, and with it the Divine Providence, 25. Story of a stranger encountered by Cleombrotus in his travels, and what he said about Daemons and oracles, 26 - 28 The wars of the Titans were battles of Daemons with Daemons, 27. Daemons, though not gods, like to be called gods and honored as such, 28. How many worlds are there one hundred and eighty-three, ranged in the form Of a triangle, 29. Homer says there are five worlds, 30. Plato makes but one world, 28, 31. Probably there are several worlds, 31. Reasons for this opinion, 32. There is one supreme God, but many inferior gods, 31, 33. A plurality of worlds further discussed, 34, 35. A plurality of worlds does not involve the existence of a plurality of Jupiters, 36. An infinite number of worlds is a chimera: but a certain definite number is quite probable; and Jupiter may pass from one world to another, as occasion requires.

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