Aquinas on the Nature and Implications of Divine Simplicity

I discuss what Aquinas' doctrine of divine simplicity is, and what he takes to be its implications. I also discuss the extent to which Aquinas succeeds in motivating and defending those (putative) implications.

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Main Author: Hughes, Christopher 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham [2018]
In: European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-22
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274 / Simplicity of God
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NBC Doctrine of God
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Summary:I discuss what Aquinas' doctrine of divine simplicity is, and what he takes to be its implications. I also discuss the extent to which Aquinas succeeds in motivating and defending those (putative) implications.
Reference:Kritik in "Divine Simplicity and the Grammar of God-talk (2018)"
Contains:Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v10i2.2553