[And I despised the teaching of Simon, that impious and deceiving man of my own nation.] But if you will prefix this, we will make it plain to all, so that, if they are able, they may change; for this reason alone we composed these discourses. And our teachings are not, according to sound judgment, shameful, but are above all human philosophy; or if not, at least they are not like the teachings of the Sotadeans and the Philaenideans and the Archestrateans and the Epicureans and the other such poetic teachings, which it is permitted to all to encounter, both spoken and written. And we will now cease, having done what was in our power, and having prayed besides that all men everywhere may be counted worthy of the truth. May it be, then, that you also, worthily of piety and philosophy, judge justly on your own behalf.