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29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 2. Greek Polytheism

7348	The Jews sharply distinguish human and divine, but the Greeks pull them closer together [Johnson,P]
	Full Idea: The Jews drew an absolute distinction between the human and the divine; the Greeks constantly elevated the human - they were Promethean - and lowered the divine.
	From: Paul Johnson (The History of the Jews [1987], Pt II)
	A reaction: An intriguing observation. The Greek idea runs right through European culture, surfacing (for example) in 'Faust', or 'Frankenstein', or the films of James Cameron. I'm with the Greeks; I want to see how far humanity can be elevated.