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29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 1. Monotheistic Religion

1782	Stoics teach that God is a unity, variously known as Mind, or Fate, or Jupiter [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
	Full Idea: Stoics teach that God is unity, and that he is called Mind, and Fate, and Jupiter, and by many names besides.
	From: report of Chrysippus (fragments/reports [c.240 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 07.Ze.68

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / a. Christianity

4178	Christianity is a pessimistic religion, in which the world is equated with evil [Schopenhauer]
	Full Idea: Let no one think that Christianity is conducive to optimism; on the contrary, in the Gospels 'world' and 'evil' are used almost synonymously.
	From: Arthur Schopenhauer (The World as Will and Idea [1819], IV.59)
	A reaction: The source of Nietzsche's 'Beyond Good and Evil'. Do any religions throw you vigorously back into the middle of life, with its conflict and creativity?