{"collection":"Christian Texts","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_chr_ecf_007_0070053_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_chr_ecf_007_0070053_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_chr_ecf_007_0070053_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/007/0070053.htm","summary":"Now, since the falsehood of superstitions 370 has been shown in the two former books, and the origin itself of the whole error has been set forth, it is the business of this book to show the emptiness and falsehood of philosophy also, that, all error being removed, the truth may be brought to light and become manifest. Let us begin, therefore, from the common name of philosophy, that when the head itself is destroyed, an easier approach may be open to us for demolishing the whole body; if\u2026","tags":["Ante-Nicene Fathers","Apostolic Constitutions","Lactantius"],"text":null,"title":"Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol VII: Lactantius: Chap. II.\u2014Of philosophy, and how vain was its occupation in setting forth the truth","tradition":"Christian Texts","translated_text":null,"word_count":623}