Single Idea 2633

[catalogued under 28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof]

Full Idea

Epicurus alone saw that gods must exist because nature herself has imprinted an idea of them in the minds of all mankind.

Gist of Idea

Epicurus saw that gods must exist, because nature has imprinted them on human minds

Source

report of Epicurus (fragments/reports [c.289 BCE]) by M. Tullius Cicero - On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum') I.43

Book Reference

Cicero: 'The Nature of the Gods', ed/tr. McGregor,Horace [Penguin 1972], p.87