cf.
Cic., De Nat. Deor. ii. 62. Est enim mundus quasi
communis deorum atque hominum domus, aut urbs utrorumque. Soli
etiam ratione utentes, jure ac lege vivunt. Bp. Lightfoot
quotes in illustration of Phil. iii. 20, Philo, De Conf. i. 416,
M. πατρίδα
μὲν τὸν
οὐράνιον
χῶρον ἐν ᾧ
πολιτεύονται
ξένον δὲ τὸν
περίγειον
ἐν ᾧ
παρῴκησαν
νομίζουσαι.
So Clem. Alex., Strom. iv. 26, λέγουσι
γὰρ οἱ
Στωϊκοὶ τὸν
μὲν οὐρανὸν
κυρίως
πόλιν τὰ δὲ
ἐπὶ γῆς
ἐνταῦθα οὐκ
ἔτι πόλεις,
λέγεσθαι
γὰρ, οὐκ
εἶναι δέ, and
Plato, Rep. ix. 592, B. ἐν
οὐρανῷ ἴσως
παράδειγμα
(τῆς πόλεως)
ἀνάκειται
τῷ
βουλομένῳ
ὁρᾷν καὶ
ὁρῶντι
ἑαυτὸν
κατοικίζειν.