Note 87 — Chapter XXXVII · REPUBLIC — REMARKS ON THE PLATONIC COMMONWEALTH.
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Æschines cont. Timarch. Σωκράτη τὸν σοφιστήν.
Lucretius, i. 80.
Illud in his rebus vereor, ne forté rearis Impia te rationis inire elementa, viamque Indugredi sceleris —
Plato, in Leges, v. 738 B, recognises the danger of disturbing the established and accredited religious φῆμαι, as well as the rites and ceremonies.