Word: theistic
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...dehumanizing of the causes which brought about all natural phenomena. This was due to Plato who founded that school of philosophers known as the Sceptics. Aristotle carried Plato's idea further. He conceived that the production of everything was due to antecedent causes. Thus science departed from the theistic conception. For a while Greek learning made rapid progress, but by the advent of the Romans it was crushed. Science ceased to have a place among the arts in Greece. Many learned Greeks found their way to Alexandria, where, until the burning of the library, science was fostered...
...might say as he looks over the history of the world that the prevailing tendency has been towards Monotheism. For it must be acknowledged that the Monotheistic view of life and God is purer than any poly theistic view. This is especially true of the Egyptan religion, for in the earliest years of Egypt there were innumerable gods but gradually as the lives of the people became purer and their aspirations higher, the monotheistic view was generaliy received. Many of the passages in the works of Egyptian poets illustrate this...