Aristotle's Polytheism: The Golden Age Of Greece

During the golden age of Greece, the arts and sciences prospered through the works of incredible thought provoking individuals. One of the most well-known was Aristotle, a philosopher who engaged in some of the most philosophical questions of his time; and quite possibly our own. He delved in to questions of our universe, often pushing the ideas and boundaries of the accepted beliefs. Aristotle constantly persisted to better not only his knowledge, but also that of his people. The Golden Age of Greece is also noted as having well know theology belief of polytheism; a religion with multiple gods. However, Aristotle, through his constant questioning of the universe, challenged this way of thinking by bringing up the idea of a singular all-powerful …show more content…
For there to be goodness, and it is known that goodness exists from earlier explaining, there must be an order. Without order, there is only chaos, and if chaos is the only thing guiding the universe then everything is based on chance. Which is known to be false. So, there is goodness and there is order. Aristotle goes on to state, “Now all things are ordered in some way, water-animals and birds and plants, but not similarly; and they do not exist without being related at all to one another, but they are in some way related” (Apostle p.210). From this, it could be understood that even though not everything in existence is the same, nor does everything have the same substance, all things are related to one another in how they are governed. Even though animals are not the same as plants, they each build off one another. There is an intelligible order to the universe; evident in how everything, from the birds to the water that flow, everything works in conjunction with one another. It does not work by chance, however, by an intelligible governor; God. Even Aristotle stated in his Metaphysics, “For nothing is moved at random” (Apostle p.