HUMA 3422 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Platonism
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The secret revelation of john depicts human nature as caught in the crossed forces of various gods, Week 5 textbook notes: ch 4 expanding the diasporic imagination: the secret revelation of john veering between goodness and corruption. It elaborates on the biblical narrative of creation with platonic philosophy. It differs from the proper monotheism of judaism and christianity. It seeks out utopian freedom and true belonging that is counter to the world. this freedom and belonging is the disconnected desires of an exotic fringe group.