An hariolis licet iocinera rimari, philosopho contemplari non licebit, qui se sciat omnium animalium haruspicem, omnium deum sacerdotem? Hoc in me accusas, quod ego et Maximus in Aristotele miramur? Cuius nisi libros bibliothecis exegeris et studiosorum manibus extorseris, accusare me non potes.
Or are soothsayers free to scrutinize livers, but a philosopher not free to study them, though knowing himself to be the mystic reader of every creature, the priest of every god? Do you accuse me of an activity for which Maximus and I admire Aristotle? You cannot accuse me without removing his books from the libraries and wrenching them from the hands of scholars.
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