A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
We may assume the superiority ceteris paribus of the demonstration which derives from fewer postulates or hypotheses - in short, from fewer premises.
Men create the gods after their own images.
Prayers and sacrifices are of no avail.
If the art of ship-building were in the wood, ships would exist by nature.
If the hammer and the shuttle could move themselves, slavery would be unnecessary.
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