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Single Idea 2655

[from 'On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum')' by M. Tullius Cicero, in 28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof ]

Full Idea

If someone were to take the celestial globe of Posidonius and show it to the people of Britain, would a single one of those barbarians fail to see that it was the product of a conscious intelligence?

Gist of Idea

If the barbarians of Britain saw a complex machine, they would be baffled, but would know it was designed

Source

M. Tullius Cicero (On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum') [c.44 BCE], II.88)

Book Reference

Cicero: 'The Nature of the Gods', ed/tr. McGregor,Horace [Penguin 1972], p.159