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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections
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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 / 4. Divine Contradictions
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Why shouldn't the gods fear their own destruction? [Cicero]
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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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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question
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I wonder whether loss of reverence for the gods would mean the end of all virtue [Cicero]
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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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God doesn't obey the laws of nature; they are subject to the law of God [Cicero]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof
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It seems clear to me that we have an innate idea of the divine [Cicero]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / b. Ontological Proof critique
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Many primitive people know nothing of the gods [Cicero]
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Existence is not a first-level concept (of God), but a second-level property of concepts [Frege, by Potter]
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Because existence is a property of concepts the ontological argument for God fails [Frege]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
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If the barbarians of Britain saw a complex machine, they would be baffled, but would know it was designed [Cicero]
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Chance is no more likely to create the world than spilling lots of letters is likely to create a famous poem [Cicero]
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It is obvious from order that someone is in charge, as when we visit a gymnasium [Cicero]
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If a person cannot feel the power of God when looking at the stars, they are probably incapable of feeling [Cicero]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / c. Teleological Proof critique
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If everything with regular movement and order is divine, then recurrent illnesses must be divine [Cicero]
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28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 1. Monotheism
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Either the gods are identical, or one is more beautiful than another [Cicero]
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28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 4. God Reflects Humanity
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The gods are happy, so virtuous, so rational, so must have human shape [Cicero]
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28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism
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Why believe in gods if you have never seen them? [Cicero]
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