Cicero, The Nature of the Gods
Balbus speaks:
If Reason, Faith, Virtue and Concord are to be found among men, whence can they have come down to earth but from the gods? Since we have some measure of sense, rationality and wisdom, the gods must have them in far greater measure. They must not only have them but use them too in the greatest and most admirable works.
4 replies on “The Source of Good”
Yes, a wonderful example of the dangers of being right but not entirely right.
It was interesting to me how many arguments Balbus uses that are very similar to current Christian evidentialist arguments. I suppose it might be useful in a general way to establish theism: but surely I don’t want to convince my atheist interlocutors to become pagans.
No, they’re always on the verge as it is. Right now I suppose they could claim higher moral ground.
If an atheist claims moral ground he has been delivered into my hands.