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Single Idea 2647

[filed under theme 28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof ]

Full Idea

If one comes into a gymnasium and sees everything properly arranged and carried on in order, one does not imagine these arrangements to be accidental, but infers that there is someone in command whose orders are obeyed.

Gist of Idea

It is obvious from order that someone is in charge, as when we visit a gymnasium

Source

M. Tullius Cicero (On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum') [c.44 BCE], II.15)

Book Ref

Cicero: 'The Nature of the Gods', ed/tr. McGregor,Horace [Penguin 1972], p.129