Concerning the Gods, there are those who deny the very existence of the godhead; others say that it exists, but neither bestirs nor concerns itself nor has forethought for anything. A third party attribute to it existence and forethought, but only for great and heavenly matters, not for anything that is on earth. A fourth party admit things on earth as well as in heaven, but only in general, and not with respect to each individual. A fifth, of whom were Ulysses and Socrates, are thoe who cry:-- _I move not without Thy knowledge!_
Epictetus, _The Golden Sayings of Epictetus_ [Harvard Classics]
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