{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">He next, in many words, blames us for asserting that God\r\nmade all things for the sake of man. Because from the history\r\nof animals, and from the sagacity manifested by them, he would\r\nshow that all things came into existence not more for the sake\r\nof man than of the irrational animals. And here he seems to\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_240\">240</span>me to speak in a similar manner to those who, through dislike of\r\ntheir enemies, accuse them of the same things for which their\r\nown friends are commended. For as, in the instance referred\r\nto, hatred blinds these persons from seeing that they are accusing\r\ntheir very dearest friends by the means through which they\r\nthink they are slandering their enemies; so in the same way,\r\nCelsus also, becoming confused in his argument, does not see\r\nthat he is bringing a charge against the philosophers of the\r\nPorch, who, not amiss, place man in the foremost rank, and\r\nrational nature in general before irrational animals, and who\r\nmaintain that Providence created all things mainly on account\r\nof rational nature. Rational beings, then, as being the principal\r\nones, occupy the place, as it were, of children in the womb,\r\nwhile irrational and soulless beings hold that of the envelope\r\nwhich is created along with the child.<a id=\"r769\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f769\"><sup>[769]</sup></a> I think, too, that as in\r\ncities the superintendents of the goods and market discharge\r\ntheir duties for the sake of no other than human beings, while\r\ndogs and other irrational animals have the benefit of the superabundance;\r\nso Providence provides <i>in a special manner</i> for\r\nrational creatures; while this also follows, that irrational\r\ncreatures likewise enjoy the benefit of what is done for the\r\nsake of man. And as he is in error who alleges that the superintendents\r\nof the markets<a id=\"r770\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f770\"><sup>[770]</sup></a> make provision in no greater degree\r\nfor men than for dogs, because dogs also get their share of the\r\ngoods; so in a far greater degree are Celsus and they who\r\nthink with him guilty of impiety towards the God who makes\r\nprovision for rational beings, in asserting that His arrangements\r\nare made in no greater degree for the sustenance of human\r\nbeings than for that of plants, and trees, and herbs, and\r\nthorns.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK IV.","Chapter LXXIV."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-295"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"2a29aeefe5b6a1b536ce516f6974fa1207174a2b69166da03a207eb66a1d1600","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-f769","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":"f769","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f769\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r769\">769</a>. </span><span lang=\"grc\">καὶ λόγον μὲν ἔχει τὰ λογικὰ, ἅπερ ἐστὶ προηγούμενα, παίδων γεννωμένων·\r\nτὰ δ’ ἄλογα καὶ τὰ ἄψυχα χωρίου συγκτιζομένου τῷ παιδίῳ.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f769","text_sha256":"1c69515ed03cb6b437be182318215da258691b3f2a47994f5b0bf04085d0f33b","verified":false,"work_id":null}