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Originally Posted by pbradley
Well if you read Aristotle, there is a concept of a singular force (the prime mover) that has been attributed as "God" that is fundamental to the basis of his metaphysics. So the concept was there, or at least a comparable one, in their time I would think. Though you would be better off asking an ancient Greek historian.
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i haven't yet read Aristotle carefully... although i remember this "prime mover" thingie from hist. of phil.
thanks for the tip.
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Originally Posted by pbradley
My suspicion is that there really was no huge problem between speaking of one god or a multitude when it came to intellectual circles while the multiple gods were more public sphere.
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i agree with you... though it seems then it should be left with lower case when singular, i.e. "god"
...also phrases like "the providence of God" and "since God points out the way," start to seem suspect... though i'm sure the
concepts were extant in ancient greece, the
phrasing seem reliant on Christian cliche.