The American Minervan

Tag: Nature of the Gods

  • Epicurus of Samos on the existence of the Gods

    Epicurus of Samos on the existence of the Gods

    “The gods exist, but they are not what the hoi polloi suppose them to be. And the impious man (Gr. ἀσεβὴς, asebēs) is not he who denies the existence of the gods whom the multitude worship, but he is such who attaches to the gods the beliefs of the multitude.” EPICURUS OF SAMOS, EPISTLE TO MENOECEUS.…