On the Nature of the Gods Passage 21

"Quod ratione utitur id melius est quam id quod ratione non utitur; nihil autem mundo melius; ratione igitur mundus utitur". similiter effici potest sapientem esse mundum, similiter beatum, similiter aeternum; omnia enim haec meliora sunt quam ea quae sunt his carentia, nec mundo quicquam melius. ex quo efficietur esse mundum deum.

“That which employs reason is better than that which does not employ reason. But nothing is better than the world. Therefore the world employs reason.” In the same way it can be established that the world is wise, blessed, and eternal. For all these conditions are better than their absence, and nothing is better than the world. From this it will follow that the world is a god.

«Ce qui fait usage de la raison est supérieur à ce qui n’en fait pas usage; or rien n’est supérieur au monde; le monde fait donc usage de la raison.» On peut établir de la même manière que le monde est sage, heureux et éternel; car toutes ces qualités sont supérieures à leur absence, et rien n’est supérieur au monde. On en conclura que le monde est dieu.