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🔹 Alexander captured ten of the naked Philosophers (gymnosophists) who had done most to get Sabbas to revolt.
He then put difficult questions to them, declaring that he would put to death he who first made an incorrect answer, and then the rest, in an order determined in like manner; and he commanded one of them, the oldest, to be the judge in the contest.
The first one, accordingly, being asked which, in his opinion, were more numerous, the living or the dead, said that the living were, since the dead no longer existed.
The second, being asked whether the earth or the sea produced larger animals, said the earth did, since the sea was but a part of the earth.
The third, being asked what animal was the most cunning, said: "That which up to this time man has not discovered."
The fourth, when asked why he had induced Sabbas to revolt, replied: "Because I wished him either to die nobly or live."
The fifth being asked which was older, day...
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