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Plutarch, On Superstition, 166d

nan after he had removed to a free State governed by its own people. But as for the man who fears the rule of the gods as a sullen and inexorable despotism, where can he remove himself, where can he flee, what country can he find without gods, or what sea? Into what part of the universe shall you steal away and hide yourself, poor wretch, and believe that you have escaped God? There is a law even for slaves who have given up all hope of freedom, that they may demand a sale, and thus exchange their present master for one more mild. But superstition grants no such exchange; and to find a god whom he shall not fear is impossible for him who fears the gods of his fathers and his kin, who shudders at his saviours

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fugitives	Wilson (2010) 289
gentleness	Wilson (2010) 289
humanity	Wilson (2010) 289
intercession	Wilson (2010) 289
kinship	Wilson (2010) 289
lending	Wilson (2010) 289
manumission	Wilson (2010) 289
reconciliation	Wilson (2010) 289
runaways	Wilson (2010) 289
slaves	Wilson (2010) 289
wisdom'	Wilson (2010) 289