Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Penelope Maddy, Ludwig Feuerbach and Anaxagoras

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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 1. God
2629 Anaxagoras was the first to say that the universe is directed by an intelligence [Anaxagoras, by Cicero]
22726 When things were unified, Mind set them in order [Anaxagoras]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question
19454 A God needs justice, kindness and wisdom, but those concepts don't depend on the concept of God [Feuerbach]
28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof
6913 God's existence cannot be separated from essence and concept, which can only be thought as existing [Feuerbach]
28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
480 Past, present and future, and the movements of the heavens, were arranged by Mind [Anaxagoras]
28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 4. God Reflects Humanity
19452 The nature of God is an expression of human nature [Feuerbach]
6903 If God is only an object for man, then only the essence of man is revealed in God [Feuerbach]
6923 God is what man would like to be [Feuerbach]
6911 God is for us a mere empty idea, which we fill with our own ego and essence [Feuerbach]
28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism
5956 Anaxagoras was charged with impiety for calling the sun a lump of stone [Anaxagoras, by Plutarch]
7488 Anaxagoras was the first recorded atheist [Anaxagoras, by Watson]
19453 If love, goodness and personality are human, the God who is their source is anthropomorphic [Feuerbach]