Under Antiochus and Vespasian, when they wanted to abolish the books, … — Pensées
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Under Antiochus and Vespasian, when they wanted to abolish the books, and when there was no prophet, they could not do so. And under the Babylonians, when no persecution had been made, and when there were so many prophets, would they have let them be burnt?
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