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| 8141 | He that does evil has not seen God |
| Full Idea: He that doeth evil hath not seen God. | |||
| From: St John (25: Third Epistle of John [c.90], 11) | |||
| A reaction: This gives God a role striking similar to Plato's Form of the Good. Plato thought the Good was prior to the gods, but he gives the good a quasi-religious role. I say we would only be inspired by the sight of God if we already had a moral sense. |