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Epicurus is also an important figure in the development of the [[scientific]] method. He insisted that nothing should be accepted except that which has been sufficiently tested through direct observation and logical deduction.
Epicurus is also an important figure in the development of the [[scientific]] method. He insisted that nothing should be accepted except that which has been sufficiently tested through direct observation and logical deduction.
He dismissed the notion of an omnipotent and benevolent God by stating:
''Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then He is not omnipotent. Is He able, but not willing? Then He is malevolent. Is He both able and willing? Then why does evil exist? Is He neither able nor willing? Then why call Him God?''
To this day there have been no successful refutations of that statement.
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== See also ==
== See also ==