Ir was on the cards, it seems, that our modern world should not be altogether destitute of
noteworthy and memorable men, but should produce enormous physical prowess and a
highly philosophic mind. I speak with reference «to the Boeotian Sostratus, whom the
Greeks called Heracles and believed to be that hero, and especially to Demonax, the
philosopher. Both these men I saw myself, and saw with wonderment: and under one of
them, Demonax, I was long a student. I have written about Sostratus elsewhere, and have …