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John McTaggart Quotes on God

John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart was a British metaphysician and the leading defender of absolute idealism in early-twentieth-century Cambridge philosophy. This page collects quotes attributed to John McTaggart on the topic of god, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • “Religion has always, I think, implied a belief in some fundamental harmony, some sort of reconciliation between the claims of our own nature and the facts of the universe.”

    Some Dogmas of Religion (1906), p. 9.
  • “Some Dogmas of Religion (1906), p. 9.”

    Religion has always, I think, implied a belief in some fundamental harmony, some sort of reconciliation between the claims of our own nature and the facts of the universe.
  • “On the determinist hypothesis an omnipotent God could have prevented all sin by creating us with better natures and in more favourable surroundings. … Hence we should not be responsible for our sins to God.”

    Some Dogmas of Religion (1906), p. 165.
  • “Some Dogmas of Religion (1906), p. 165.”

    On the determinist hypothesis an omnipotent God could have prevented all sin by creating us with better natures and in more favourable surroundings. … Hence we should not be responsible for our sins to God.