Divine Glory: Responding to Another Euthyphro Problem
An oft-neglected issue in Plato's Euthyphro is the problem of how human beings can reciprocate the gods' gifts if nothing we do can benefit them. This problem is relevant to a Christian faith that proposes to "serve" God in some way, while also maintaining that God is perfect and...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2020
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Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
Jahr: 2020, Band: 94, Seiten: 183-192 |
| IxTheo Notationen: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus KAE Kirchengeschichte 900-1300; Hochmittelalter NBC Gotteslehre TB Altertum |
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| Zusammenfassung: | An oft-neglected issue in Plato's Euthyphro is the problem of how human beings can reciprocate the gods' gifts if nothing we do can benefit them. This problem is relevant to a Christian faith that proposes to "serve" God in some way, while also maintaining that God is perfect and in need of nothing from human beings. In this paper I propose a solution to this problem using the concept of divine glory as suggested by several texts of St. Thomas Aquinas. I believe that Aquinas's claim that God seeks not profit but glory from human acts explains how human beings can reciprocate God's gifts without detracting from his perfection and self-sufficiency. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-7925 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: American Catholic Philosophical Association, Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/acpaproc202292137 |