
HoP 161 - He Moves in Mysterious Ways - Maimonides on Eternity
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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The Problem With My Monodies' Position on God's Creation
In the Aristotelian tradition, it was assumed that anything eternal is necessary, and vice versa. Here my monodies has very cleverly turned the age-old Aristotle equation of necessity and eternity against anyone else who asserts the eternity of the world. It's no accident that my monodies fastens on to features of the heavens above us when he is exploring the mysteries of God's creation.
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