43. The Stoics again, who taught that all was body, and that this sensible world alone was God, and that the (constituent) portions of this were Gods, persuaded themselves to do the things—although these might be odious,— which were conformable to these their precepts ! And, because they called the (constituent) portions of the world Gods, and worshipped the earthy substance, How could

they escape severe reprehension ? These too, as they determined that the Elements were the origin of all things, worshipped the Elements accordingly.