{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">He next proceeds further to object against himself<a id=\"r784\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f784\"><sup>[784]</sup></a> what is\r\nsaid on behalf of man, viz. that the irrational animals were\r\ncreated on his account, saying: “If one were to call us the\r\nlords of the animal creation because we hunt the other animals\r\nand live upon their flesh, we would say, Why were not <i>we</i>\r\nrather created on <i>their</i> account, since they hunt and devour us?\r\nNay, <i>we</i> require nets and weapons, and the assistance of many\r\npersons, along with dogs, when engaged in the chase; while\r\nthey are immediately and spontaneously provided by nature with\r\nweapons which easily bring us under their power.” And here\r\nwe may observe, that the gift of understanding has been bestowed\r\nupon us as a mighty aid, far superior to any weapon\r\nwhich wild beasts may seem to possess. We, indeed, who are\r\nfar weaker in bodily strength than the beasts, and shorter in\r\nstature than some of them, yet by means of our understanding\r\nobtain the mastery, and capture the huge elephants. We\r\nsubdue by our gentle treatment those animals whose nature it\r\nis to be tamed, while with those whose nature is different, or\r\nwhich do not appear likely to be of use to us when tamed,\r\nwe take such precautionary measures, that when we desire it,\r\nwe keep such wild beasts shut up; and when we need the flesh\r\nof their bodies for food, we slaughter them, as we do those\r\nbeasts which are not of a savage nature. The Creator, then,\r\nhas constituted all things the servants of the rational being\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_245\">245</span>and of his natural understanding. For some purposes we\r\nrequire dogs, say as guardians of our sheep-folds, or of our\r\ncattle-yards, or goat-pastures, or of our dwellings; and for\r\nother purposes we need oxen, as for agriculture; and for others,\r\nagain, we make use of those which bear the yoke, or beasts of\r\nburden. And so it may be said that the race of lions, and\r\nbears, and leopards, and wild boars, and such like, has been\r\ngiven to us in order to call into exercise the elements of the\r\nmanly character that exists within us.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK IV.","Chapter LXXVIII."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-301"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"ba8eee9cf203506937186ad42c8434a404a4e4a95b14c35a6ff8ff6512a06da0","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie","W. H. Cairns"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg70693-f784","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Existing 1872 English edition; listed translators died 1889 and 1872. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f784","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f784\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r784\">784</a>. </span><span lang=\"grc\">ἑαυτῷ ἀνθυποφέρει.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f784","text_sha256":"6002c2d066fa61ab5b426b95538436b95662baee6d2f04fc64a835224f765615","verified":false,"work_id":null}