32. Our discussion deals with
those who, acknowledging that there is a divine race of beings, doubt
about those of greater rank and power, whilst they admit that there are
deities inferior and more humble. What then? Do we strive
and toil to obtain such results by arguments? Far hence be such
madness; and, as the phrase is, let the folly, say I, be averted from
us. For it is as dangerous to attempt to prove by arguments that
God is the highest being, as it is to wish to discover by reasoning of
this kind that He exists. It is a matter of indifference whether
you deny that He exists, or affirm it and admit it; since equally
culpable are both the assertion of such a thing, and the denial of an
unbelieving opponent.