Quomodo enim iuvandi quemlibet possunt habere virtutem hi, qui ex corruptibili materia inferiorum etiam subpositorumque tibi manibus construuntur; quibus videlicet artificium humanum adcommodans eis inanimatam membrorum similitudinem contulisti; qui nisi a te moti fuerint, ambulare non poterunt, sed tanquam lapis in uno loco positus, ita constructi nihilque intelligentiae habentes, ipsaque insensibilitate obruti, nullam neque laedendi neque iuvandi facultatem adepti sunt? Qua ergo mentis deceptione eos deos, quibus vos ipsi imaginem corporis tradidistis, colentes sequimini, iudicio discreto reperire non possumus.
For how can they have power to help any man, which are made of a corruptible matter and wrought too by the hands of thy inferiors and subjects; upon which, namely, by employment of the work of craftsmen thou hast bestowed the likeness of limbs without life; which, were they not moved by thee, shall not be able to walk, but like a stone set fast in one place, so are they builded up, and having no understanding and stark with right insensibleness have gotten no ability to hurt or help? Therefore we cannot by any discretion and judgment find out upon what blindness of mind ye worship and follow after those gods to whom your own selves have given the representation of a body.
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