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34. The chief thing to be inquired into, therefore, in regard to
any expression that we are trying to understand is, whether it is
literal or figurative. For when it is ascertained to be figurative,
it is easy, by an application of the laws of things which we discussed
in the first book, to turn it in every way until we arrive at a true
interpretation, especially when we bring to our aid experience
strengthened by the exercise of piety. Now we find out whether an
expression is literal or figurative by attending to the considerations
indicated above.
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