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Single Idea 2650

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

Full Idea

If any man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all.

Gist of Idea

If a person cannot feel the power of God when looking at the stars, they are probably incapable of feeling

Source

M. Tullius Cicero (On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum') [c.44 BCE], II.55)

Book Reference

Cicero: 'The Nature of the Gods', ed/tr. McGregor,Horace [Penguin 1972], p.145