Patristic Arguments against the Eternity of the World

According to Aristotle himself, all the philosophers before him are agreed that the world was generated, which implies that he was the first to introduce the conception of an ungenerated world; but, according to John Philoponus, Aristotle was only the first among the natural philosophers who discove...

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Main Author: Wolfson, Harry A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1966
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 1966, Volume: 59, Issue: 4, Pages: 351-367
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