Book i

. Dedication, Sect. 22._

The world, and whatever that be which we call the heavens, by the vault of which all things are enclosed, we must conceive to be a deity, to be eternal, without bounds, neither created nor subject at any time to destruction. To inquire what is beyond it is no concern of man; nor can the human mind form any conjecture concerning it.

_Natural History. Book ii . Sect. 1._

It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.

_Natural History.