Combining Philosophers
Ideas for John Cottingham, Epicurus and John Locke
expand these ideas
|
start again
|
choose
another area for these philosophers
display all the ideas for this combination of philosophers
8 ideas
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature
|
2637
|
For Epicureans gods are made of atoms, and are not eternal [Epicurus, by Cicero]
|
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / d. God decrees morality
|
12570
|
The finite and dependent should obey the supreme and infinite [Locke]
|
28. God / B. Proving God / 1. Proof of God
|
12565
|
God has given us no innate idea of himself [Locke]
|
28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof
|
2633
|
Epicurus saw that gods must exist, because nature has imprinted them on human minds [Epicurus, by Cicero]
|
28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / a. Cosmological Proof
|
12566
|
We exist, so there is Being, which requires eternal being [Locke]
|
28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / e. Miracles
|
12571
|
If miracles aim at producing belief, it is plausible that their events are very unusual [Locke]
|
28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 3. Deism
|
1828
|
God does not intervene in heavenly movements, but is beyond all action and perfectly happy [Epicurus]
|
28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism
|
2639
|
Some say Epicurus only pretended to believe in the gods, so as not to offend Athenians [Epicurus, by Cicero]
|