Single Idea 2664

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception]

Full Idea

If human nature were interrogated by some god as to whether it was content with its own senses in a sound and undamaged state or demanded something better, I cannot see what more it could ask for.

Gist of Idea

If we have complete healthy senses, what more could the gods give us?

Source

M. Tullius Cicero (Academica [c.45 BCE], II.vii.19)

Book Reference

Cicero: 'De Natura Deorum and Academica (XIX)', ed/tr. Rackham,H. [Harvard Loeb 1933], p.493