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Single Idea 175

[catalogued under 28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections]

Full Idea

No god is a lover of wisdom or desires to be wise, for he is wise already.

Gist of Idea

Gods are not lovers of wisdom, because they are already wise

Source

Plato (The Symposium [c.384 BCE], 204a)

Book Reference

Plato: 'The Symposium', ed/tr. Hamilton,W [Penguin 1951], p.82