Single Idea 16651

[catalogued under 28. God / A. Divine Nature / 4. Divine Contradictions]

Full Idea

If someone says 'God could make straightness without a line, and roughness and lightness in weight without parts', …then show me the reason why God can do whatever does not imply a contradiction, yet cannot do these things.

Gist of Idea

God can do anything non-contradictory, as making straightness with no line, or lightness with no parts

Source

Peter Auriol (Sentences [1316], IV.12.2.2), quoted by Robert Pasnau - Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 11.4

Book Reference

Pasnau,Robert: 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671' [OUP 2011], p.219


A Reaction

How engagingly bonkers. The key idea preceding this is that God can do all sorts of things that are beyond our understanding. He is then obliged to offer some examples.