Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Peter Auriol, Edward Conze and Gottfried Leibniz
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature
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God's essence is the source of possibilities, and his will the source of existents [Leibniz]
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God produces possibilities, and thus ideas [Leibniz]
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God must be intelligible, to select the actual world from the possibilities [Leibniz]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections
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Perfection is simply quantity of reality [Leibniz]
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The universe contains everything possible for its perfect harmony [Leibniz]
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God does everything in a perfect way, and never acts contrary to reason [Leibniz]
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A perfection is a simple quality, which is positive and absolute, and has no limit [Leibniz]
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The intelligent cause must be unique and all-perfect, to handle all the interconnected possibilities [Leibniz]
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This is the most perfect possible universe, in its combination of variety with order [Leibniz]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 4. Divine Contradictions
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God can do anything non-contradictory, as making straightness with no line, or lightness with no parts [Auriol]
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Perfections must have overlapping parts if their incompatibility is to be proved [Leibniz]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 5. God and Time
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If time were absolute that would make God's existence dependent on it [Leibniz, by Bardon]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / a. Divine morality
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God prefers men to lions, but might not exterminate lions to save one man [Leibniz]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question
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If justice is arbitrary, or fixed but not observed, or not human justice, this undermines God [Leibniz]
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