Christian art’s god differs from Greek sculpture by possessing inward self-knowledge.

Evidence

The inner being (of the Greek gods) does not look out of them as self-knowing inwardness in this spiritual concentration which the eye discloses. This light of the soul falls outside them and belongs to the spectator alone; when he looks at these shapes, soul cannot meet soul nor eye. But the God of romantic art appears seeing, self-knowing, inwardly subjective, and disclosing his inner being to man’s inner being. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 853

Categorization

• XREF: Recalls the classical-romantic contrast and how inwardness becomes the artistic mark of modern subjectivity after the Greek ideal. — connects to: Greek gods lack self-knowing inwardness while the Christian God discloses his inner being.; The Christian God’s vulnerability is what Greek art cannot represent — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 842; Human representation of God is grounded in God’s prior self-representation

Broader Connections

• Greek gods lack self-knowing inwardness while the Christian God discloses his inner being. #corroborates (0.95)
• The Christian God’s vulnerability is what Greek art cannot represent #expands (0.80) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 842
• Human representation of God is grounded in God’s prior self-representation #expands (0.75)