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The Divine Attributes: God as Perfectly Simple and Perfectly Good | Prof. Edward Feser

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Exploring Essence, Existence, and Uniqueness in Metaphysical Entities

This chapter explores the distinction between essence and existence in various creatures and beings, highlighting how God's essence and existence are inherently unified while creatures exhibit a separation. It concludes that God, being perfectly simple and indivisible, is the only being whose essence and existence are not distinct.

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