Creation as Efficient Causation in Aquinas
In this article, I explore Aquinas's account of divine creative activities as a type of efficient causation. I propose that Aquinas's works hold a framework for understanding God as an efficient cause and creating as an act of divine efficient causation that makes explicit what Aquinas vie...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Philosophy Documentation Center
[2019]
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American catholic philosophical quarterly
Year: 2019, Volume: 93, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-27 |
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Christian Philosophy
B Catholic Church B theory of knowledge B CAUSATION (Philosophy) B THOMAS, Aquinas, Saint, ca. 1225-1274 |
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