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... perfect being exists only in idea involves a contradiction . It would not be most perfect if it existed only in idea . Suppose that this most perfect being does exist only in idea . We can certainly think of a being exactly like this ...
... perfect being exists only in idea involves a contradiction . It would not be most perfect if it existed only in idea . Suppose that this most perfect being does exist only in idea . We can certainly think of a being exactly like this ...
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... PERFECT It follows from the fact that God is His own essence that He is completely actual . Since there is nothing ... perfect ; for a thing is said to be perfect in proportion to its actuality . " GOD IS GOOD That God is good follows by ...
... PERFECT It follows from the fact that God is His own essence that He is completely actual . Since there is nothing ... perfect ; for a thing is said to be perfect in proportion to its actuality . " GOD IS GOOD That God is good follows by ...
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... perfect and complete truth . Now , seeing that all creatures , even those that are devoid of reason , are directed to God as their last end : and that all reach this end in so far as they have some share of a likeness to him : the ...
... perfect and complete truth . Now , seeing that all creatures , even those that are devoid of reason , are directed to God as their last end : and that all reach this end in so far as they have some share of a likeness to him : the ...
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Abelard according actually animal argument Aristotle Aristotle's Augustine Augustine's authority Bacon believed body called cause century Christ Christian Church City of God conceived conception course created creature distinction divine doctrine Donatists Duns Duns's Empire essence eternal ethics evil existence experience fact faith Father finite follows Gnostics God's grace Greek held Hence human Ibid individual instance intellect Jesus Jesus movement Jews kind knowledge live Lord man's Manichees matter means medieval merely metaphysical Middle Ages mind Mithraism moral moved movement mystic nature Neoplatonism notion object Occam orthodoxy particular Paul Pelagians perfect philosophical Plato Plotinus point of view possible principle problem Ques question rational reality reason salvation seems sense Socrates soul spirit substance Summa Contra Gentiles Summa Theologica Thee theology theory things Thomas Thomistic Thou thought truth understand universe unmoved mover virtue whole words Yahweh