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Simplicity
In Charles Taliaferro & Philip L. Quinn (eds.), A Companion to Philosophy of Religion. Cambridge, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 270–277 (1997)
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This chapter contains sections titled: The Concept and Difficulties Associated with It The History of the Concept Applications of the Concept to Issues in the Philosophy of Religion Works cited.Author's Profile
simplicity ‐ concept and difficulties associated with it doctrine of simplicity, doctrine that God is one in a radical sort of way a simple God lacking composition of any sort God ‐ cannot have any spatial or temporal parts God ‐ cannot have any intrinsic accidental properties idea that God is not corporeal ‐ not everyone finds doctrine of God's eternality comprehensible or consistent difficulties generated by doctrine of simplicity ‐ combining doctrine with traditional ascription to God of free will concept of simplicity found in Plotinus ‐ attributing it to Parmenides and Plato Augustine's work ‐ combining logic of Aristotle's Categorieswith Neoplatonic attitudes toward metaphysics and theology culmination of medieval Latin ‐ discussions of simplicity in Aquinas' work applications of concept to issues in philosophy of religion
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