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The via negativa and symbolic language are both ways of expressing religious belief. The via negativa, advocated by pseudo dionysius, states that positive attributes are misleading and God is beyond all huma...

Virtue ethics was created by Aristotle and is character based rather than deontological or normative. It relies upon the individual to be ‘virtuous’ and by doing this, they will know what to do in any given ...

The four gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke and John are our primary source for the life of Jesus of Nazareth and are often merged into a singular narrative in the public consciousness. A more careful study reve...

I'd begin by giving some context, explaining what the ontological argument is trying to do, and what it can't do. I would explain the context through which it came up and that there are different iterations ...

Anselm's ontological argument holds that God must necessarily exist, by definition. This is an a priori argument, meaning that its conclusion is reached through purely deductive reasoning, not relying on any...