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.

Et si domus pulchra sit, intelligamus eam dominis aedificatam esse, non muribus: sic igitur mundum deorum domum existimare debemus.

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