[226] P. 176, l. 32. _The books of the Sibyls and Trismegistus._--The … — Pensées
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[226] P. 176, l. 32. _The books of the Sibyls and Trismegistus._--The Sibyls were the old Roman prophetesses. Their predictions were preserved in three books at Rome, which Tarquinius Superbus had bought from the Sibyl of Erythræ. Trismegistus was the Greek name of the Egyptian god Thoth, who was regarded as the originator of Egyptian culture, the god of religion, of writing, and of the arts and sciences. Under his name there existed forty-two sacred books, kept by the Egyptian priests.
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