Single Idea 22730

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

Full Idea

All men have one common preconception about God, according to which he is a blessed creature and imperishable and perfect in happiness and receptive of nothing evil.

Gist of Idea

All men agree that God is blessed, imperishable, happy and good

Source

Sextus Empiricus (Against the Physicists (two books) [c.180], I.033)

Book Reference

Sextus Empiricus: 'Against the Physicists/Against the Ethicists', ed/tr. Bury,R.G. [Harvard Loeb 1997], p.19


A Reaction

He observes this after he has pointed the enormous variety of religious beliefs. He offers this unanimity as a reason to believe that it is true.

Related Idea

Idea 22732 The perfections of God were extrapolations from mankind [Sext.Empiricus]