II. The three most ancient opinions concerning God
are Anarchia, Polyarchia, and Monarchia. The first two are the
sport of the children of Hellas, and may they continue to be so.
For Anarchy is a thing without order; and the Rule of Many is factious,
and thus anarchical, and thus disorderly. For both these tend to
the same thing, namely disorder; and this to dissolution, for disorder
is the first step to dissolution.