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Full Idea
If the parts of the universe are subject to the law of nature, then the universe itself must be subject to this law.
Gist of Idea
If the parts of the universe are subject to the law of nature, the whole universe must also be subject to it
Source
M. Tullius Cicero (On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum') [c.44 BCE], II.86)
Book Ref
Cicero: 'The Nature of the Gods', ed/tr. McGregor,Horace [Penguin 1972], p.158
| 22571 | 'If each is small, so too are all' is in one way false, for the whole composed of all is not small [Aristotle] |
| 2653 | If the parts of the universe are subject to the law of nature, the whole universe must also be subject to it [Cicero] |
| 6219 | The fallacy of composition is the assumption that what is true of the parts is true of the whole [Mautner] |
| 7933 | Don't assume that a thing has all the properties of its parts [Macdonald,C] |
| 11089 | Formally, composition and division fallacies occur in mereology [Hanna] |