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Single Idea 2638

[from 'On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum')' by M. Tullius Cicero, in 28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 1. Monotheism ]

Full Idea

Are the gods all exactly the same? If not, then one must be more beautiful than another.

Gist of Idea

Either the gods are identical, or one is more beautiful than another

Source

M. Tullius Cicero (On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum') [c.44 BCE], I.80)

Book Reference

Cicero: 'The Nature of the Gods', ed/tr. McGregor,Horace [Penguin 1972], p.102