This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ...in which such views of theism find expression, as a writer striving for applause would be apt to employ. He would, at least, be studious to give no rude shock to any doctrine regarded as inviolably sacred, and his incidental allusions to the charac-TEEENCE. 215 ter and providence of the Gods, would, we presume ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ...in which such views of theism find expression, as a writer striving for applause would be apt to employ. He would, at least, be studious to give no rude shock to any doctrine regarded as inviolably sacred, and his incidental allusions to the charac-TEEENCE. 215 ter and providence of the Gods, would, we presume, strongly reflect the popular sentiment. Yet we have very clear evidence, that while rising above the prejudices of the old mythology, he yet recognized the existence and providence of the One God. Plautus did not shrink from representing the deities popularly worshipped in his time as subjeet to the vices and frailties that disgrace men. Yet in some instances he distinguishes between Jupiter and the other deities, and clearly speaks of one God, who is characterized as omniscient. In the Itudens, he asserts the supremacy of one sovereign and imperial Lord, by whom the subordinate Gods are appointed over the earth, to examine the actions and manners of men, and to whom they report the recorded names of those who bear false testimony or perjure themselves. Upon these the Deity exercises judgment, and discriminates, without fear or favor, between the good and the bad. The prayer of Hanno in the Pcenulus, is an avowed recognition of a superintending providence..In the Captvci Tyndarus, in the guise of a slave, is bold to declare to his master his native freedom, and to add, " Assuredly, there is a God who both hears and sees what we do." The plays of Terence (192-155? B. c.), composed with elaborate skill, on the designs of Menander, and vividly delineating the passions and characters of men, are far from being morally acceptable. Yet they contain sentiments of great beauty, and combine a playful pleasantry with peculiar terseness and purity of...
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