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HoP 140 - By All Means Necessary - Avicenna on God

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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Avocenna's Arguments for a Necessary Existent

Avocenna claims that a necessary existent would have all the features we associate with God. He says thinking is an activity that will belong to any immaterial thing, as long as it is not obstructed by being involved with matter. Avocenna adopts a piecemeal approach and derives each traditional divine attribute from necessity, one at a time.

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