Tag: Western Political Philosophy

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  January 2, 2026

  From Heraclitus to Renaissance Humanism and Jefferson: The Logos in Human Rights Political Theory

  The concept of the divine element or “divine spark” (also called scintilla divinitatis, spark of the divine, seed of God, or logos spermatikos) involves the idea that every human being possesses an innate fragment of the divine reason, soul, or God within them. This concept has profoundly shaped Western thought, and did not come by…