AThe true field and subject of imposture are things unknown. Because in the first place strangeness itself lends credit; and then, not being subject to our ordinary reasoning, such things take away our means of combating them. CFor this reason, says Plato, it is much easier to give satisfaction when speaking of the nature of the gods than when speaking of the nature of men, because the ignorance of one’s audience affords a fine broad range and full liberty in handling so obscure a subject.
