THE PROBLEM OF “TRUE THEOLOGY” IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THOMAS PAINE
Journal Title: Вісник Львівського університету - Year 2018, Vol 16, Issue
Abstract
Philosophical views of the American educator Thomas Paine are examined in this article. The public, political, utopian ideas of the philosopher about the creation of a civil republic in America are revealed. The connection between the political and religious, philosophical ideas of Thomas Paine is demonstrated, as well as his enlightenment belief in the inevitability of scientific and social progress. In the search for true theology, the thinker turns to the rational analysis of sacred texts and rituals, as a result defines his position as deistic. God’s truth cannot be contained in the form of human words, but only in direct revelation.
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Yaroslav Sobolievskyi
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