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S1E29 - Divine Unity and Simplicity | Prof. Michael Gorman

Aquinas 101 - Course 3: God and Creation

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Why Isn't God Simple?

Aquinas argues that God is the same as his essence or nature. There is in him no composition of essentials and nonessentials, he says. Aquinas gives four respect neutral arguments in article seven. Over the course of the preceding articles,. he gives no fewer than 16 respects specific arguments. Each of them could no doubt form the topic of its own.

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