The History of the Heavens

Sketch of this Work,

Writers; the philosophers of var-
ious times, and the Holy
Writers. All that which the
Egyptians, the Phoenicians, the
Greeks, and the Romans have
told us of it is mythical original: "fabelachtig"; refers to accounts based on fables or legends rather than historical or divine truth., And
notwithstanding these were the
most wise and civilized of all
peoples, they nevertheless
formed such strange ideas
concerning Cosmogony The branch of science or philosophy dealing with the origin and development of the universe. or
World Formation, and concerning the
Powers that have an influence
on the maintenance of the Human
Race, that
it is unnecessary to counter
them with reasonings;
since they themselves bring
their own refutation. However,
it is of great weight that we
trace the origin of it; whether
because it matters to us
that we know by what er-
ror our ancestors were
able to surrender themselves to the