Philosopher |
What he believed |
Conclusion |
XENOPHANES |
There is one God, he
wrote, greatest among gods and man, who neither in shape nor in
thought resembles mortals |
God has no image |
HERACLITUS |
God was neither a creator nor omnipotent |
God is a universal law
that all things in the universe are continually changing |
DEMOCRITUS |
All things are
composed of minute, invisible, indestructible particles of pure
matter (atoma, = "indivisibles") |
God is the universal
matter |
ARISTOTLE |
The Prime Mover does
not, for example, take an interest in what goes on in the world |
God is
a universal force |
PARMENIDES |
Parmenides' theory
that being cannot arise from nonbeing, and that being neither
arises nor passes away |
God
existed, exists, and will continue to exist (nothing can be created
from 0 but from 1+ can) |
PYTHAGORAS |
All is number |
God is
mathematics, geometry, architecture, chemistry, color
|
THALES OF MILETUS |
The entire universe
is a living organism |
God is
the entire universe |
SOCRATES |
Socrates excepted
the existence of one God, truly wise and immortal |
God is
knowledge, logic, comprehension, apperception |