/lit/ - Literature

Those are some nice Greek philosophies you have. Would be a shame if someone were to... repurpose them.

>>13729980
We see things in the world that vary in degrees of goodness, truth, nobility, etc. For example, well-drawn circles are better than poorly drawn ones, healthy animals are better than sick animals. Moreover, some substances are better than others, since living things are better than non-living things, and animals are better than plants, in testimony of which no one would choose to lose their senses for the sake of having the longevity of a tree. But judging something as being "more" or "less" implies some standard against which it is being judged.
"There exists therefore something that is the truest, most complex, best, and most noble, and in consequence, the greatest being."

>>13205022
I have yet to read it, so the question must be asked, how does Dawkins define God? I've heard that his point is to go after common cultural traditions, and that he allows for Einsteinian and Spinozan conceptions of God, definitions which do not include dogmatic and potentially toxic interpretations.

What text by Aquinas explains his take on the Trinity, and is it consistent with his Metaphysics? I understand that he wants to preserve the Chalcedonian formula, but I can barely see how he can justify it using his ontology.