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9/05/2015 1:41 pm  #1


Deriving Divine Attributes

Do people think it is possible to derive:
 
1b. X is Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnibenevolent
 
From
 
1a. X is a purely simple substance*
 
*I know strictly speaking Thomists don’t care to call God a substance but I'm using that term here loosely to rule out side issues with Tropes
 
And more controversially
 
1a. X is a purely simple substance
 
From
 
1b. X is Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnibenevolent
 
The latter route if successful essentially rules out most forms of Theistic Personalism. I don’t think it’s too difficult to argue for if one accepts the Act/Potency distention though I would be interested to hear if people have any other intuitions as to how one might do it.
 
Thoughts anyone

 

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