![]() ![]() Genius is said to be Son of Jupiter and the Earth, as being held to be of a middle Nature betwixt Gods and Men, or for that he some|what partakes of Body. * Censorinus tells us, that Genius is a God, un|der whose Tuition each Man is born and lives and whether it be that he takes Care of our Ge|neration, or is engender'd with us, or takes upon him our Guardianship after we are be|gotten, he says, he is called Genius from Geno, an ancient Latin Word, signifying to beget, in lieu of which the Word Gigno is now us'd. ![]() HAVING undertaken to write a Tract concerning the Genii that are said to attend Men during this Life, I think it proper for me, in the first place, to set forth what, according to the Ancients those Genii were understood to be, as to their Nature and Offices. What the Ancients understood the Genii, that are said to attend Men, to be, as to their Nature and Offices.
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