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Xenophanes name is singular and has an 's' on the end. To create the possessive, use Xenophanes's (or Xenophanes' is ok, too).

Posted by john | February 14, 2007 12:32 PM
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It's six up and a half-dozen down. The rejection of the universalization of the particular is merely being spoken of in different terms. The gods of Xenophanes and the gods of Nietzsche are very different - so I would recommend against bringing Nietzsche's abjuration of god into the comparison.

Posted by Dakota | February 14, 2007 1:32 PM
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"Xenophanes name is singular and has an 's' on the end. To create the possessive, use Xenophanes's (or Xenophanes' is ok, too)." Or just go greek - Xenaphanou.

Horses and such would still pick a human god I think. The most likely explanation for the cosmos if one buys something as improbably as a designing intellectual being, is something more like man.

I suspect that they would believe in the coming of horse messiah, with more human like attributes, who would ultimately vanquish the humans and their god.

Posted by kinaidos | February 14, 2007 1:40 PM
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Call me when you get up to David Hume, which is when philosophy starts to get interesting.

Posted by Fnarf | February 14, 2007 1:53 PM
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I doubt that.

Posted by Chris | February 15, 2007 12:31 AM

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