12.28

To those that ask me the reason of my being so earnest in Religious Worship; did I ever fee any of the Gods? Or which way am I convinc'd of the certainty of their Existence? In the first place, I answer, that the Gods are not Invisible:20 But granting they were, the Objection would signify nothing; For I never had a sight of my own Soul, and yet I have a great value for't; because 'tis discoverable by its Operations. And thus by my constant Experience of the Power of the Gods, I have a Proof of their Being, and a reason for my Veneration.

Translator Notes

  1. 20.
    The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars, were Gods in the Opinion of the Stoicks.