Single Idea 22879

[catalogued under 28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature]

Full Idea

'God' represents a unification of ideal values that is essentially imaginative in origin.

Gist of Idea

'God' is an imaginative unity of ideal values

Source

John Dewey (The Later Works (17 vols, ed Boydston) [1930], 9:29), quoted by David Hildebrand - Dewey 7 'Construct'

Book Reference

Hildebrand,David: 'Dewey' [One World 2008], p.198


A Reaction

This seems to have happened when a flawed God like Zeus is elevated to be the only God, and is given supreme power and wisdom.