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Plutarch, On Superstition, 168d

nan It is possible in the case of a man unconvinced of the existence of the gods, when he is in grief and great distress in other ways, to wipe away a tear, cut his hair, and take off his cloak; but what words can you address to the superstitious man, or in what way shall you help him? He sits outside his house with sackcloth on and filthy rags about him; and oftentimes he rolls naked in the mire as he confesses divers sins and errors of his — eating this or drinking that, or walking in a path forbidden by his conscience. But if he is very fortunate, and but mildly yoked with superstition, he sits in his house, subjecting himself to fumigation, and smearing himself with mud, and the old crones, as Bion says

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daimonion.'	Pinheiro et al (2015) 93
destrée,p.	Pinheiro et al (2015) 93
dolar,m.	Pinheiro et al (2015) 93
epicureans	Pinheiro et al (2015) 93
goldblatt,d.	Pinheiro et al (2015) 93
kleve,k.	Pinheiro et al (2015) 93
smith,n.d.	Pinheiro et al (2015) 93
socrates	Pinheiro et al (2015) 93