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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Memorabilia by Xenophon: fire"; the credit of this boon, according to Hesiod, being due to
Prometheus.
[12] Or, "no life-aiding appliance worthy of the name."
Euth. Yes, a transcendent instance of benevolent design.[13]
[13] Or, "Yes, that may be called an extreme instance of the divine
'philanthropy.'" Cf. Cic. "de N. D." ii. 62.
Soc. Again, consider the motions of the Sun,[14] how when he has
turned him about in winter[15] he again draws nigh to us, ripening
some fruits, and causing others whose time is past to dry up; how when
he has fulfilled his work he comes no closer, but turns away as if in
fear to scorch us to our hurt unduly; and again, when he has reached a
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