God
idea · 3 works · 3 mentions · 9 anchored passages
also in the atlas: God the deity
the gods · Immortals · god · godheads · the Blessed · the deity · the godhead
spoken of as
1 expressionin the texts
De Rerum Natura
The Epicurean gods: tranquil, remote beings whose nature the poet argues precludes their having created or caring for the world.
Or what
Or what new factor could,
To change their former life?
On Leisure
The divine principle or governing force of the universe, whose nature and relation to the cosmos is investigated as part of contemplative inquiry.
what God is—whether he idly surveys his own work or directs it;
Memorabilia
The gods or 'the deity,' discussed throughout the first dialogue as the intelligent, caring power behind the design of living creatures and the moral order, whose providence Socrates defends against Aristodemus's doubts.
Then do you think them unheeding?
Really, Socrates, I don’t despise the godhead.
Nor was the deity content to care for man’s body.