“We should infer in the case of a beautiful dwelling-place that it was built for its owners and not for mice; we ought, therefore, in the same way to regard the universe as the dwelling-place of the gods.”

— Chrysippus

As quoted in De Natura Deorum by Cicero, iii. 10.

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ancient Greek philosopher -281–-208 BC

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