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29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 1. Monotheistic Religion
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Stoics teach that God is a unity, variously known as Mind, or Fate, or Jupiter [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / b. Soul
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Death can't separate soul from body, because incorporeal soul can't unite with body [Chrysippus]
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / c. Human Error
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God didn't give us good judgement even about our own lives [Gassendi on Descartes]
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Since God does not wish to deceive me, my judgement won't make errors if I use it properly [Descartes]
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Error arises because my faculty for judging truth is not infinite [Descartes]
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / d. Natural Evil
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If we ask whether God's works are perfect, we must not take a narrow viewpoint, but look at the universe as a whole [Descartes]
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There is a rationale in terrible disasters; they are useful to the whole, and make good possible [Chrysippus]
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