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7580 | Pantheism destroys the distinction between good and evil [Kierkegaard] |
Full Idea: So called pantheistic systems have often been characterised and challenged by the assertion that they abrogate the distinction between good and evil. | |
From: Søren Kierkegaard (Concluding Unscientific Postscript [1846], 'Lessing') | |
A reaction: He will have Spinoza in mind. Interesting. Obviously this criticism would come from someone who thought that the traditional deity was the only source of goodness. Good/evil isn't all-or-nothing. A monistic system could contain them. |