How I know I’m not a God

Alexander the Great, when addressed by people as “God” replied that there were at least two reasons he thought this not to be true.  His need for food and his need for sex!

How to Tell a Flatterer from a Friend  – Plutarch

 

(The image is Mesopotamian and represents the person asking for the help of a God.)

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