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Ideas for 'On Certainty', 'Pragmatism and Objective Truth' and '25: Third Epistle of John'

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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / c. God is the good

8141	He that does evil has not seen God [John]
	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.