The Relationship Between God's Nature, God's Image in Man, and Freedom in the Philosophy of Jonathan Edwards
In his enlightening article on G. W. Leibniz's view of human freedom, Jack Davidson says that, for the German philosopher, God is the paradigm of freedom, and we are only free in so far as we are like him.[1] For Leibniz, we develop our concept of freedom by taking God's freedom as a mod...
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the Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale Universiry
[2018]
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Jonathan Edwards studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-51 |
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| Summary: | In his enlightening article on G. W. Leibniz's view of human freedom, Jack Davidson says that, for the German philosopher, God is the paradigm of freedom, and we are only free in so far as we are like him.[1] For Leibniz, we develop our concept of freedom by taking God's freedom as a model. Then, we compare the state of our freedom to that of God, and our freedom is genuine to the extent it reflects God's freedom.However, Davidson also says that Leibniz is, as far as he knows, the only thinker whose analysis of human freedom is essentially predicated upon the divine image doctrine.[2]In this essay, I would like to show that Jonathan Edwards' doctrine of human nature and freedom is grounded on and framed by his doctrine of God's nature and freedom through the divine image[1] Jack Davidson, Imitators of God: Leibniz on Human Freedom, Journal of the History of Philosophy 36, no. 3 (July 1998): 396.[2] Ibid. |
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| ISSN: | 2159-6875 |
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