Ideas from '24: Book of Jeremiah' by Jeremiah [570 BCE], by Theme Structure

[found in 'The Bible' (ed/tr the Church) [Collins 1950,-]].

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24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State

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.

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections

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?

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 3. Deism

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.