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Because of his development of the concept of a "one god greatest among gods and men" that is abstract, universal, unchanging, immobile and always present, <b>Xenophanes is often seen as one of the first monotheists, in the Western philosophy of religion.</b> ...
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He also wrote that <b>poets should only tell stories about the gods which were socially uplifting, </b>one of many views which foreshadowed the work of <b>Plato</b>. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Because of his development of the concept of a "one god greatest among gods and men" that is abstract, universal, unchanging, immobile and always present, <b>Xenophanes is often seen as one of the first monotheists, in the Western philosophy of religion.</b> ...
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He also wrote that <b>poets should only tell stories about the gods which were socially uplifting, </b>one of many views which foreshadowed the work of <b>Plato</b>. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

