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29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 1. Animism
20664 Animism is belief that every part of nature is aware and feeling, and can communicate [Harari]
29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 2. Greek Polytheism
20666 Most polytheist recognise one supreme power or law, behind the various gods [Harari]
20667 Polytheism is open-minded, and rarely persecutes opponents [Harari]
20665 Mythologies are usual contracts with the gods, exchanging devotion for control of nature [Harari]
29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 4. Dualist Religion
20669 Dualist religions see everything as a battleground of good and evil forces [Harari]
20670 Dualist religions say the cosmos is a battleground, so can’t explain its order [Harari]
20673 Manichaeans and Gnostics: good made spirit, evil made flesh [Harari]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 1. Monotheistic Religion
20668 Monotheism appeared in Egypt in 1350 BCE, when the god Aten was declared supreme [Harari]
1782 Stoics teach that God is a unity, variously known as Mind, or Fate, or Jupiter [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / b. Soul
20830 Death can't separate soul from body, because incorporeal soul can't unite with body [Chrysippus]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / d. Natural Evil
21404 There is a rationale in terrible disasters; they are useful to the whole, and make good possible [Chrysippus]