HUMA 1160 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Anthropomorphism
1 Apr 2014
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
What arguments does philo provide in part 10 to establish that the cause of the design of the world cannot be an infinitely powerful and benevolent deity. Philo tells cleanthes that he can still preserve his anthropomorphism, which is when the predicate applied to people can be applied to god, and asset the moral attributes of the. Deity - his justice, benevolence, mercy and rectitude are of the same nature of humans. Philo outlines that the deity"s powers are infinite, and he does as he wishes, however, neither man nor animal are happy. This leads philo to conclude that he does not will happiness thus not making him benevolent. Philo accepts that deity"s wisdom is infinite, he is never mistaken in choosing the means to any end but the course of nature tends not to human or animal felicity. Therefore, it is not established for that purpose.
