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发帖数: 759 | 1 CHAP. 5.--CONCERNING THE THREE KINDS OF THEOLOGY ACCORDING
TO VARRO, NAMELY, ONE FABULOUS,
THE OTHER NATURAL, THE THIRD CIVIL.
Now what are we to say of this proposition of his, namely,
that there are three kinds of theology, that is, of the
account which is given of the
gods; and of these, the one is called mythical, the other
physical, and the third civil? Did the Latin usage permit,
we should call the kind which he
has placed first in order fabular,(2) but let us call it
fabulous,(3) for myth |
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