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Preparation for the Gospel
Eusebius of Caesarea, tr. Gifford, 1903
Book 15, Whether the World Has a Soul, and is Administered by Providence
1 ‘THE others all say that it has a soul, and is administered by providence.
‘But Democritus and Epicurus, and all who are for bringing in the atoms and vacuum, say that it neither has a soul, nor is administered by providence, but by some irrational kind of nature.
‘Aristotle says that, as a whole and throughout, it has neither a soul, nor reason, nor intelligence, nor is it administered by providence. For while the heavenly regions partake of all these properties, because they include spheres which are endowed with a soul and life, the terrestrial regions have none of them, but share in the orderly arrangement by accident and not directly.’
Notes
- 842 b 7 ibid 886 D