In considering, therefore, why all the peoples of ancient times were greater lovers of liberty than those of our own day, I believe this arises from the same cause that today makes men less strong, which I believe lies in the difference between our education and that of antiquity, based upon the difference between our religion and that of antiquity.
For, while our religion has shown us truth and the true path, it also makes us place a lower value on worldly honour, whereas the pagans, who greatly valued honour and considered it the highest good, were more ferocious in their actions.
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