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What's the difference between narcissistic self-aggrandizement and pantheism?

baker June 25, 2021 at 06:25 1000 views 1 comments
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Quoting Apollodorus
In philosophical (Platonic) life, piety is practicing philosophy whose aim is to "become as godlike as possible" = "serving one's own God", i.e., one's own self.


Quoting Apollodorus
On a personal level, piety is being good to one's own self, the inner divine intelligence, by recognizing its divine identity and acting according to what is good for the self (nous) in Platonic terms.



What's the difference between narcissistic self-aggrandizement and pantheism?

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Pfhorrest June 25, 2021 at 07:29 #556390
They have nothing to do with each other, and you haven't said anything here about pantheism.

Pantheism is a view that the entirety of the universe taken all together is God. You seem to be talking about something more like autotheism.