76. Libanius, Orat. Parent. p. 130, p. 354, c. 139, p. 361.
Socrates, l. iii. c. 21. The ecclesiastical historian
imputes the refusal of peace to the advice of Maximus. Such
advice was unworthy of a philosopher; but the philosopher
was likewise a magician, who flattered the hopes and
passions of his master.