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Ideas for 'Thinking About Mathematics', '25: Third Epistle of John' and 'The Rediscovery of the Mind'

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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 4. Divine Contradictions
You can only know the limits of knowledge if you know the other side of the limit [Searle]
     Full Idea: To know the limits of knowledge, we would have to know both sides of the limit.
     From: John Searle (The Rediscovery of the Mind [1992], Ch. 1.V.6)
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / c. God is the good
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.