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To: cornelis
Also, we know that Aristotle was Alexander's tutor, and one must wonder about the nature of the training and advice given to Alexander, as we know that Alexander sought to be deified as a god himself. I find it interesting and ironic that Alexander was struck dead immediately following his attempt at self-deification. Did Aristotle have anything to do with this divine self-image? Did Aristotle advise Alexander to seek advice from the Oracle at Delphi, or the one in Egypt? He likely did. Aristotle's view of God was mystical and any of his writings about God that ring true are purely coincidental. All philosophers have true elements in their philosophies, but when you get the overall picture, it's almost always revoltingly bad.

I read philosophy mainly to understand the thinking of the enemies of God, and certainly not to form my philosophy. My philosophy comes from the Bible. The ONLY philosophers I like are christian philosophers.

775 posted on 05/09/2003 8:01:01 AM PDT by exmarine
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To: exmarine
Aristotle was no more into deification than St. Paul;

777 posted on 05/09/2003 8:35:47 AM PDT by cornelis
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