Wherefore he
made the world in the form of a globe, round as from a lathe,
having its extremes in every direction equidistant from the
centre, the most perfect and the most like itself of all figures;
for he considered that the like is infinitely fairer than the
unlike. This he finished off, making the surface smooth all
around for many reasons; in the first place, because the living
being had no need of eyes when there was nothing remaining
outside him to be seen; nor of ears when there was nothing to be
heard; and there was no surrounding atmosphere to be breathed;
nor would there have been any use of organs by the help of which
he might receive his food or get rid of what he had already
digested, since there was nothing which went from him or came
into him: for there was nothing beside him. Of design he was
created thus, his own waste providing his own food, and all that
he did or suffered taking place in and by himself. For the
Creator conceived that a being which was self-sufficient would be
far more excellent than one which lacked anything; and, as he had
no need to take anything or defend himself against any one, the
Creator did not think it necessary to bestow upon him hands: nor
had he any need of feet, nor of the whole apparatus of walking;
but the movement suited to his spherical form was assigned to
him, being of all the seven that which is most appropriate to
mind and intelligence; and he was made to move in the same manner
and on the same spot, within his own limits revolving in a circle.
All the other six motions were taken away from him, and he was
made not to partake of their deviations. And as this circular
movement required no feet, the universe was created without legs
and without feet.
