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===Ancient=== * [[Cicero]] debunked divination in his philosophical treatise ''[[De Divinatione]]'' in 44 BCE. * [[Sextus Empiricus]] debunked the claims of astrologers and [[dogma]]tic philosophers (c. 160 CE) * [[Lucian]] wrote a book named ''Alexander the False Prophet'' against mystic and oracle [[Alexander of Abonoteichus]] (c.β105 β c.β170 CE) who led the [[Glycon]] cult then widely popular in the Roman Empire. He described Alexander's alleged miracles as tricks, including the appearance of the god Glycon being an elaborate puppet.<ref>[[Joseph Hilarius Eckhel]], ''Doctrma Nummorum veterum'', ii. pp. 383, 384</ref> Lucian also describes him as using thuggery against critics to silence them, including himself.<ref>"Alexander the False Prophet," translated with annotation by A. M. Harmon, Loeb Classical Library, 1936. [http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/lucian/lucian_alexander.htm]</ref>
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