A god?? By Jove, no! (Unless your philosophy sucks.)
In a television programme about the Roman
Empire someone describes a rather large statue of the emperor Trajan
which a while ago stood in the unimaginatively named port of Portus. 'Those looking must have felt he was a god', I hear.
Well, if they did, they must have been extreme philosophical dimwits.
P.S. Just in case you're ever tempted* to make a similarly idiotic mistake: running an empire, however impressive and however impressively, and having a rather large statue of oneself doesn't make one a god; creating, sustaining and, ideally, saving a universe does.
*by... or never mind.
P.S. Just in case you're ever tempted* to make a similarly idiotic mistake: running an empire, however impressive and however impressively, and having a rather large statue of oneself doesn't make one a god; creating, sustaining and, ideally, saving a universe does.
*by... or never mind.
