“And in that day men will be weary of life, and they will cease to think the universe worthy of reverent wonder and of worship. And so religion, the greatest of all blessings, for there is nothing, nor has been, nor ever shall be, that can be deemed a greater boon, will be threatened with destruction; men will think it a burden, and will come to scorn it.”

—  Apuleius

The Prophecy of Hermes Trismegistus

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Berber prose writer in Latin 125–170

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