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Single Idea 22734

[filed under theme 28. God / B. Proving God / 1. Proof of God ]

Full Idea

Arguments for God have four modes: from universal agreement, from the orderly arrangement of the universe, from the absurd consequences of denying God, and from undermining the opposing arguments.

Gist of Idea

God is defended by agreement, order, absurdity of denying God, and refutations

Source

Sextus Empiricus (Against the Physicists (two books) [c.180], I.060)

Book Ref

Sextus Empiricus: 'Against the Physicists/Against the Ethicists', ed/tr. Bury,R.G. [Harvard Loeb 1997], p.35


A Reaction

[compressed] The loss of status of the argument from universal agreement has had a huge influence. We now realise that a very wide consensus is no guarantee of truth in anything.