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"As Homer says of the sun, it sees every thing, and hears every thing."

— Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy

January 1, 1970

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Footnote: Epictetus in Arrian says. And is not God capable of surveying all things, and being present with all, and receiving a certain communication from all? Is the sun capable of illuminating so great a portion of the universe, and of leaving only that small part of it unilluminated, which is covered by the shadow of the earth? and cannot he who made and revolves the sun, a small part of himself, if compared with the whole; cannot he perceive all things? (Mrs. Carter's Translation...)

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Footnote: Epictetus in Arrian says. And is not God capable of surveying all things, and being present with all, and receiving a certain communication from all? Is the sun capable of illuminating so great a portion of the universe, and of leaving only that small part of it unilluminated, which is covered by the shadow of the earth? and cannot he who made and revolves the sun, a small part of himself, if compared with the whole; cannot he perceive all things? (Mrs. Carter's Translation...)