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28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

2639	Some say Epicurus only pretended to believe in the gods, so as not to offend Athenians [Epicurus, by Cicero]
	Full Idea: Some believe that Epicurus gave lip-service only to the gods, so as not to offend the Athenians, but in fact did not believe in them.
	From: report of Epicurus (fragments/reports [c.289 BCE]) by M. Tullius Cicero - On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum') I.84