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Full Idea
The world was made as much for the irrational animals as for men.
Gist of Idea
The world was made as much for animals as for man
Source
Celsus (On the True Doctrine (Against Christians) [c.178], §V)
Book Ref
Celsus: 'On the True Doctrine (Against the Christians)', ed/tr. Hoffmann,R.Joseph [OUP 1987], p.82
A Reaction
A good remark. It seems to be a classic distortion of European Christianity that the world is made for us, and that animals only exist to fill our sandwiches.