PHIL 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Animalcule, Sophist, Theism
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We see that order proceeds from ideas and ideas are in the minds. Our sensory perception of the world leads to our ideas. Two different ways in which you can put your faith in a body of belieif. Looking at a text and saying this is a revealed truth. If you look at the order of the universe, we can tell that god exists. Order, therefore god, who has ideas that impose that order. No argument for where god comes from -> against. To assu(cid:373)e god has a (cid:373)i(cid:374)d like us, a(cid:396)e(cid:374)"t (cid:449)e deg(cid:396)adi(cid:374)g god. We seem to be degrading the divinity to assume it has a mind like ours. Demea: -if he has our sort of mind does he also need underwear, no. Philo: i (cid:449)as s(cid:272)a(cid:374)dalized (cid:449)ith the (cid:396)ese(cid:373)(cid:271)la(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d (cid:862)god(cid:863) If i (cid:272)a(cid:374) sa(cid:455) (cid:374)othi(cid:374)g a(cid:271)out god, (cid:449)hat"s the poi(cid:374)t of thi(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g a(cid:271)out this.
