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“Whether or not we accept this reasoning can then be shown to be contingent on our position in the God-creates-man/man-creates-God controversy; is the sacred a reality beyond the human world, or its internal (hence subjective ) foundation? This same procedure could be extended to elucidate the characteristics normally attributed to God. Immortality, omnipotence, ubiquity, omniscience—all are extrapolations from the “perfection” of the sacred object and its power, mediated by the sign, to interdict the implementation of human desire. But because religious belief, from which the element of faith cannot be absent, belongs to a different category than philosophical thought, it must therefore be treated in a different place. Enjoy this column? Yes No Δ”

— Eric Gans, A GA Cogito and other philosophical reinterpretations · Saturday, September 28th, 2019 · Chronicles of Love & Resentment