Life of Apollonius of Tyana, vol. 1

object whatsoever. For He needs nothing, even from beings higher than ourselves. Nor is there any plant or animal which the earth brings forth or nourishes to which some pollution is not incident. We should use, in relation to Him, solely the 'higher speech'—I mean that which does not issue from the lips. From the noblest of beings, we must ask for blessings by the noblest faculty we possess, and that faculty is intelligence, which needs no organ. On these principles, then, we ought not on any account to sacrifice victims to the mighty and supreme God."

The text followed by the translator is that of C. L. Kayser, issued by B. G. Teubner in Leipzig in 1870.