Note 1 — Chapter XI · THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CREATION IN JUDAISM.
George Eliot translation
In Diogenes (L. 1. ii. c. iii. § 6), it is literally, “for the contemplation of the sun, the moon and the heavens.” Similar ideas were held by other philosophers. Thus the Stoics also said:—“Ipse autem homo ortus est ad mundum contemplandum et imitandum.”—Cic. (de Nat.). ↑