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Single Idea 19371

[filed under theme 28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections ]

Full Idea

Lull restricted himself to only nine 'absolute principles' of God: goodness, greatness, eternity, power, wisdom, will, virtue, truth and glory

Gist of Idea

Nine principles of God: goodness, greatness, eternity, power, wisdom, will, virtue, truth and glory

Source

report of Ramon (Ars Magna [1305]) by Richard T.W. Arthur - Leibniz 2 'Combinatorics'

Book Ref

Arthur, Richard T.W.: 'Leibniz' [Polity 2014], p.34


A Reaction

Leibniz responded that God's perfections are infinite in number, and thus beyond human comprehension. Lull cut them down to nine, because he was designing a sort of conceptual logic that employed them.