power of God, 3 one would be wise to ignore any other theme, realizing also that it was far too serious to be played with. He had not visited Corinth with anything of the easy confidence and glib self-assurance of a casual lecturer on the philosophy of religion, relying on any plausible arguments of ‘wisdom’ to commend a scheme of the higher spiritual life. Rather he had chosen to rely on what Aristotle once said it was absurd to expect from any rhetorician, namely cogent proof or demonstration (Nikom.