The Arguments of the Emperor Julian Against the Christians — page 69: what you’re looking at

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46 THE EMPEROR FULIAN'S ARGUMENTS — gustice may be derived, you ascribe to Satan, and those who worship Satan ! Esculapius heals our bodies; and the Muses, together with Esculapius, Apollo, and the eloquent Hermes, instruct our souls. But Mars and Bellona are our associates in battle. Vulcan allots and distributes to us the arts; and all these the motherless virgin Minerva administers in conjunction with Jupiter. Consider, therefore, whether in each of these we are not better than you; I mean in things pertaining to the arts, wisdom, and intelligence? Whether you consider those arts which pertain to the indigence of human life, or those imitative arts which are for the sake of the beautiful, such as statuary, paint- ing, and-medicine the gift of Esculapius, whose oracles are in every part of the earth, and of which the gods give us continually to partake. Hence, Esculapius has frequently restored me to health by indicating remedies. And of these things Jupiter is a witness. If therefore, we, who have given ourselves up to the spirit of apos- tacy, are better than you in things pertaining to the soul, to the body, and to externals; why COMME LOOKS (CO a i