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How do you define God?
How do you define God, in a thomistic sense?
The Free Dictionary has a bunch of definitions. Is any of these precise?
(thefreedictionary.com/god)
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Re: How do you define God?
I think most Thomists would say that strictly speaking God cannot be defined only described. These putative 'definitions' (in the weak sense) are a good place to start:
The Perfect Being
The being in which Essence and Existence are one
The being which is Pure Actuality
- Scott
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Re: How do you define God?
New Member wrote:
How do you define God, in a thomistic sense?
As DanielCC says, Thomists probably wouldn't think any definition of God is entirely adequate. However, "the self-existent being" is pretty good.
The Free Dictionary has a bunch of definitions. Is any of these precise?
(thefreedictionary.com/god)
No, but 1a under the first one isn't bad.