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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'fragments/reports' and 'Euthyphro'

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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question

336	Is what is pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because they love it? (the 'Euthyphro Question') [Plato]

337	It seems that the gods love things because they are pious, rather than making them pious by loving them [Plato]

28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof

234	We couldn't discuss the non-existence of the One without knowledge of it [Plato]

28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / c. Teleological Proof critique

1555	People used to think anything helpful to life was a god, as the Egyptians think the Nile a god [Prodicus]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

1543	He denied the existence of the gods, saying they are just exaltations of things useful for life [Prodicus]

535	The gods are just personified human benefits [Prodicus]