| 570BCE | 24: Book of Jeremiah |
| p.84 | 7346 | Jeremiah implied a link between weakness and goodness, and the evil of the state | |
| Full Idea: Jeremiah was the first to perceive the possibility that powerlessness and goodness were somehow linked; ...he comes close to the notion that the state itself was inherently evil. | |||
| From: report of Jeremiah (24: Book of Jeremiah [c.570 BCE]) by Paul Johnson - The History of the Jews Pt II | |||
| A reaction: This looks like the first seeds of the anarchist idea. You abandon the state for something 'higher'. 'Perceive' rather begs the question of whether he is right. This is the full 'inversion of values' of Nietzsche. |
| 23:23 | p.54 | 22089 | Am I a God afar off, and not a God close at hand? |
| Full Idea: Am I a God afar off, and not a God close at hand? Do I not fill heaven and earth? | |||
| From: Jeremiah (24: Book of Jeremiah [c.570 BCE], 23:23), quoted by Clare Carlisle - Kierkegaard: a guide for the perplexed 3 | |||
| A reaction: I assume this was often quoted by eighteenth century divines, against the rise of deism. |
| 23:24 | p.31 | 22920 | Do I not fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord |
| Full Idea: Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? | |||
| From: Jeremiah (24: Book of Jeremiah [c.570 BCE], 23:24), quoted by Robin Le Poidevin - Travels in Four Dimensions 03 'Where' | |||
| A reaction: If the Lord is omnipresent, then He must be present in each one of us. But does the Lord interact with each of us? |