V. Verba Oblii\onis.

V. Verba Oblii\onis.

And the same image had placed its previous feet above the mentioned cloud, and it said: 'Since God does not know me, and since I do not know him, why should I withdraw from my own will, because neither does God want me, nor do I feel him?' So, whatever benefits me in any situation, and whatever I want, I will seek everywhere, because what I know, and what I understand, and what I taste, I will do. Many people call out to me about a life that is foreign to me, which I neither know nor hear, and which no one shows me. Many also tell me: Do this and that, so that they may show me God, and the life and the reward that I am about to receive, so I can know what I can do. But many tyrants come to me, proposing great commands that are more false than true, and they themselves do not follow what they propose. What I must do is permissible, as long as it is commanded to me. Many gods, indeed, are teachers to us. If God exists, it's certain that He doesn't know me.