polytheism

is impossible without a strong visual focus. In ancient cultures the Gods are visualized on the analogy of social structures.

impossible without a strong visual focus. In ancient cultures the gods are visualized on the analogy of social structures.

is pre-scientific, monotheism is anti-scientific.

Polytheism is pre-scientific: monotheism is anti-scientific.

is far preferable to monotheism because the belief in one God led to one norm for men to conform to, thus retarding the development of individuality. Polytheism, by contrast, allowed for a multiplicity of norms.

Nietzsche [in The Gay Science § 143] denounced monotheism for preaching the existence of one Normalgott as a single norm which suggests somehow that there is also a Normalmensch: a norm to which all men must conform and a bar to the development of individuality. It was the advantage of polytheism, Nietzsche contends, that it allowed for a “multiplicity of norms.”

polytheism, n.Definitions

polytheism