Theology of the ancient Greek philosophers
 

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

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