Ispeakheretophilosophersonlyandnottotheologians。Weknowwellthatfaithisthethreadinthelabyrinth。WeknowthatthefallofAdamandEve，originalsin，theimmensepowergiventothedevil，thepredilectionaccordedbythegreatBeingtotheJewishpeople，andthebaptismsubstitutedfortheamputationoftheprepuce，aretheanswerswhichexplaineverything。
WehavearguedonlyagainstZarathustraandnotagainsttheuniversityofConimbreorCoimbre，towhichwesubmitinourarticles。PhilosophicalDictionary：PrayersPRAYERSWEdonotknowanyreligionwithoutprayers，eventheJewshadsome，althoughtherewasnotamongthemanypublicform，untilthetimewhentheysangcanticlesintheirsynagogues，whichhappenedverylate。
Allmen，intheirdesiresandtheirfears，invokedtheaidofadeity。
Somephilosophers，morerespectfultotheSupremeBeing，andlesscondescendingtohumanfrailty，forallprayerdesiredonlyresignation。Itisindeedwhatseemsproperasbetweencreatureandcreator。Butphilosophyisnotmadetogoverntheworld。sherisesabovethecommonherd。shespeaksalanguagethatthecrowdcannotunderstand。Itwouldbesuggestingtofishwivesthattheyshouldstudyconicsections。
Evenamongthephilosophers，IdonotbelievethatanyoneapartfromMaximusofTyrehastreatedofthismatter。thisisthesubstanceofMaximus’