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If that is what he means, there is great justice in his contention. 'No, no, says Dinomachus, 'he maintains that there is absolutely no such thing as an apparition. 'What is this I hear? asked Arignotus, scowling upon me; 'you deny the existence of the supernatural, when there is scarcely a man who has not seen some evidence of it? 'Therein lies my exculpation, I replied: 'I do not believe in the supernatural, because, unlike the rest of mankind, I do not see it: if I saw, I should doubtless believe, just as you all do. 'Well, said he, 'next time you are in Corinth, ask for the house of Eubatides, near the Craneum; and when you have found it, go up to Tibius the door-keeper, and tell him you would like to see the spot on which Arignotus the Pythagorean unearthed the demon, whose expulsion rendered the house habitable again. 'What was that about, Arignotus? asked Eucrates.
This was still going on, when Pancrates appeared. He saw how things stood, and turned the water-carriers back into wood; and then he withdrew himself from me, and went away, whither I knew not. 'And you can actually make a man out of a pestle to this day? asked Dinomachus.
You have first to show inductively that it is in the course of nature for a fever or a tumour to take fright and bolt at the sound of holy names and foreign incantations; till then, your instances are no better than old wives' tales. 'In other words, you do not believe in the existence of the Gods, since you maintain that cures cannot be wrought by the use of holy names? 'Nay, say not so, my dear Dinomachus, I answered; 'the Gods may exist, and these things may yet be lies.
Then there are three kinds of goods: the greatest being those of the mind; the next best those of the body; the third are external goods, as the Peripatetics call them, and the Old Academics differ very little from them. Dinomachus and Callipho have coupled pleasure with honesty; but Diodorus the Peripatetic has joined indolence to honesty.
When I got there, Leontichus had just gone away, so Eucrates said; but he had a number of other visitors. There was Cleodemus the Peripatetic and Dinomachus the Stoic, and Ion.
Our treasure proves to be but ashes. 'Now look here, Tychiades, said Arignotus, 'you will not believe me, nor Dinomachus, nor Cleodemus here, nor yet Eucrates: we shall be glad to know who is your great authority on the other side, who is to outweigh us all? 'No less a person, I replied, 'than the sage of Abdera, the wondrous Democritus himself.
'In the left hand take up the tooth of a field-mouse, which has been killed in the manner described, and attach it to the skin of a freshly flayed lion; then bind the skin about your legs, and the pain will instantly cease. 'A lion's skin? says Dinomachus; 'I understood it was an uncovered hind's. That sounds more likely: a hind has more pace, you see, and is particularly strong in the feet.
You might take the skin of the Nemean lion himself, with a dozen of field-mice tacked on, and you would do no good. Why, I have seen a live lion limping before now, hide and all complete. 'Ah, you have a great deal to learn, cried Dinomachus; 'you have never taken the trouble to inquire into the operation of these valuable remedies.
Two circumstances distinguish them from babies: they have white hair, and they have beards: but when it comes to swallowing a lie, they are babes and more than babes. Dinomachus, for instance, wanted to know 'how big were the Goddess's dogs? 'They were taller than Indian elephants, he was assured, 'and as black, with coarse, matted coats.
See here: it makes my flesh creep, only to speak of it! And he showed us all his arm, with the hair standing on end. Ion and Dinomachus and Cleodemus and the rest of them drank down every word. The narrator led them by their venerable noses, and this least convincing of colossal bogies, this hundred-yarder, was the object of their mute adorations.
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