And no less than their bodies, he terrified their minds by inventing such a terrifying idea of Jupiter, which - if not through reasoning, of which they were not yet capable, through the senses, although false in their matter, but true in their form (which was the logic in conformity with their natures) - gave rise to poetic morality in them by making them pious.
And no less than their bodies, he terrified their minds by inventing such a terrifying idea of Jupiter, which - if not through reasoning, of which they were not yet capable, through the senses, although false in their matter, but true in their form (which was the logic in conformity with their natures) - gave rise to poetic morality in them by making them pious.