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Is the dwelling place of God anywhere but in the earth and sea, the air and sky, and… — Lucan

Poem · Historical literature

Is the dwelling place of God anywhere but in the earth and sea, the air and sky, and virtue? Why seek we further for deities? Whatever you see, whatever you touch, that is Jupiter.

In the original Latin

Estque dei sedes, nisi terra et pontus et aer et caelum et vertus? Superos quid quaerimas ultra? Iuppiter est, quodcumque vides quodcumque moveris.

Lucan
Pharsalia · 65
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AnimismNature of GodGod
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Historical literature
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Poem
Time
65Classical antiquity
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Lucan
Provenance
Current citation
Lucan. Civil War, translated by Matthew Fox. Penguin Classics, 2012, bk. 9, l. 578-580.
Original citation
Lucan. Pharsalia, or De Bello Civili. c. 65, bk. 9, l. 578-580.

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