Abstract

The aim of this paper is the question of the ontological simplicity of creation as well as the related question of its comprehensibility. In order to deal with these issues the author adopts Aquinas’s theory of creation as presented in his Summa contra gentiles. He discusses the essential aspects of simplicity, among them its immaterial character , its independence from time, its immediacy, the simplicity of its effect , and its being a mere relation. In this context there emerges the issue of relation between creation and time. Along the purely metaphysical issues, the author addresses the problem of the comprehensibility of creation. Crucial question is whether we are able conceptually to grasp an immediate construction of existence in abstraction from the temporal succession, and with no material involved. It is argued that the ontological simplicity of creation is among the main reasons for the fundamental problems with its comprehension. In conclusion, the author offers a procedure of grasping the conceptof creation.Key words CREATION, THOMAS AQUINAS, SIMPLICITY