Divine Simplicity and the Grammar of God-talk: Comments on Hughes, Tapp, and Schärtl
Different opinions about the simplicity of God may be connected with different understandings of how abstract terms are used to name the properties which are affirmed of a being. If these terms are taken to signify parts of that being, this being is not a simple one. Thomas Aquinas, who attributes e...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2018]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 89-104 |
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Simplicity of God
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBC Doctrine of God |
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| Summary: | Different opinions about the simplicity of God may be connected with different understandings of how abstract terms are used to name the properties which are affirmed of a being. If these terms are taken to signify parts of that being, this being is not a simple one. Thomas Aquinas, who attributes essence, existence and perfections to God, nevertheless thinks that these are not different parts of God. When essence, existence and perfections are attributed to God, they all denominate the same, the Being of the first cause. For Aquinas, this is a consequence of his way of introducing the language about God by basing it upon the philosophical ways leading to God as first cause. Awareness of this connection between Divine attributes and the arguments for God's existence is crucial for an adequate understanding of Aquinas' position. |
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| Reference: | Kritik von "Aquinas on the Nature and Implications of Divine Simplicity (2018)"
Kritik von "Utrum verum et simplex convertantur (2018)" Kritik von "Divine Simplicity (2018)" |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v10i2.2556 |