>Kant thought that Euclidean geometry was an a priori notion & that we
have to see the
>world as Euclidean. The development of non-Euclidean geometries &
Einstein's use of
>them to gain greater understanding of the physical world showed that
Kant was wrong - &
>not only about Euclid. We must try to understand the world in the way
in which it
>actually is given to us, not in terms of presuppositions formed before
we look at the
>world.
> & the point Torrance has made is that the same is true of God and God's
>relationship with the world. A notion of God based on a supposed
natural or
>inherent knowledge of God is likely to be as misleading as an a priori
assumption of
>Euclidean geometry.
<italic>It is possible and scripture hints that in this case the inherent
knowledge is placed in a human by the creator.Not so with geometry.Would
not that make it different.
andrew
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