I’m somewhat confident that if Epictetus were to come back to life and look at modern science, especially after Darwin, he wouldn’t make any argument from design.
Maybe, but I speculate there might be another possibility too. Given that Epictetus invoked God so much, he might not have been so eager to jettison divinity. For example, he could have been one of those today who see evolution via natural selection as a means for design, since it's not (only) a random process.
The fine-tuning argument, writ old? Need to get Epictetus to wander back to earth and read Dan Barker's new book, Contraduction.
I’m somewhat confident that if Epictetus were to come back to life and look at modern science, especially after Darwin, he wouldn’t make any argument from design.
Maybe, but I speculate there might be another possibility too. Given that Epictetus invoked God so much, he might not have been so eager to jettison divinity. For example, he could have been one of those today who see evolution via natural selection as a means for design, since it's not (only) a random process.
That’s possible. Once I finish my time machine I’ll go pick him up and we’ll ask him!
That's great! When you do, make sure you bring his lost Discourses while you're at it!