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grbs-4281	Obbink, Dirk	The Atheism of Epicurus	1989	37	.pdf	application/pdf	17661	966	64	Math. 9.25 (Epic. fr.356 Us.), which attests that according to Epicurus people originally derived the conception of god from pre­ sentations received in sleep (EK 'trov Ku'ta 'tou~ U1tVOU~ cpuv'tUOtrov olum 'tou~ a v - 9pOmou~ EVVOtUV t01tUKEVm 9EOU), and quotes Epicurus' explanation: 'For when great images of human shape impressed them during sleep, they supposed that some such gods of human shape really existed (IlEYUAcoV yap tiowAcoV, CPl1oi. A lex. 173-75); Lucian OBBINK, DIRK, The Atheism of Epicurus , Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, 30:2 (1989) p.187 198 THE ATHEISM OF EPICURUS authors did of course occupy themselves in speculating where, in the Epicurean universe, such gods could exist.34	cache/grbs-4281.pdf	txt/grbs-4281.txt