Philo says, "But can you think, Cleanthes, that your usual philosophy has been preserved in so wide a step as you have taken, when you compared to the universe, houses, ships, furniture, machines, and, from their similarity in some circumstances, inferred a similarity in their causes?"

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Philo is questioning whether Cleanthes' philosophy has remained consistent in his comparison of human-made objects to the universe and inferring a similarity in their causes.

Philo Says, "But Can You Think, Cleanthes, That Your Usual