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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature
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God must be intelligible, to select the actual world from the possibilities [Leibniz]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections
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The intelligent cause must be unique and all-perfect, to handle all the interconnected possibilities [Leibniz]
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Stoics say that God the creator is the perfection of all animals [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / a. Divine morality
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The origin of justice can only be in Zeus, and in nature [Chrysippus]
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God prefers men to lions, but might not exterminate lions to save one man [Leibniz]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question
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If justice is arbitrary, or fixed but not observed, or not human justice, this undermines God [Leibniz]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / d. God decrees morality
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The source of all justice is Zeus and the universal nature [Chrysippus]
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Stoics teach that law is identical with right reason, which is the will of Zeus [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof
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God is the first reason of things; our experiences are contingent, and contain no necessity [Leibniz]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
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The laws of physics are wonderful evidence of an intelligent and free being [Leibniz]
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