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Single Idea 2275
[filed under theme 28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections
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Full Idea
It is quite obvious that a perfect God cannot be a deceiver, for it is manifest by the light of nature that all fraud and deception depend on some defect.
Gist of Idea
It is self-evident that deception is a natural defect, so God could not be a deceiver
Source
René Descartes (Meditations [1641], §3.52)
Book Ref
Descartes,René: 'Discourse on Method/The Meditations', ed/tr. Sutcliffe,F.E. [Penguin 1968], p.131
The
21 ideas
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[existence of good qualities in their purest form]:
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22920
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Do I not fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord
[Jeremiah]
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439
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God knows everything, and nothing is impossible for him
[Epicharmus]
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152
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The mind of God is fully satisfied and happy with a vision of reality and truth
[Plato]
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175
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Gods are not lovers of wisdom, because they are already wise
[Plato]
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3048
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Stoics say that God the creator is the perfection of all animals
[Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
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22738
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The Divine must lack the virtues of continence and fortitude, because they are not needed
[Sext.Empiricus]
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19371
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Nine principles of God: goodness, greatness, eternity, power, wisdom, will, virtue, truth and glory
[Lull, by Arthur,R]
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1865
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It is heresy to teach that natural impossibilities cannot even be achieved by God
[Anon (Par)]
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9111
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God is not wise, but more-than-wise; God is not good, but more-than-good
[William of Ockham]
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2275
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It is self-evident that deception is a natural defect, so God could not be a deceiver
[Descartes]
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7829
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God no more has human perfections than we have animal perfections
[Spinoza]
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4866
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God is a being with infinite attributes, each of them infinite or perfect
[Spinoza]
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17025
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If a perfect being does not rule the cosmos, it is not God
[Newton]
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5041
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God does everything in a perfect way, and never acts contrary to reason
[Leibniz]
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2114
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This is the most perfect possible universe, in its combination of variety with order
[Leibniz]
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12988
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The universe contains everything possible for its perfect harmony
[Leibniz]
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1414
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A perfection is a simple quality, which is positive and absolute, and has no limit
[Leibniz]
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5048
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Perfection is simply quantity of reality
[Leibniz]
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19327
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The intelligent cause must be unique and all-perfect, to handle all the interconnected possibilities
[Leibniz]
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6959
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We can't assume God's perfections are like our ideas or like human attributes
[Hume]
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18980
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If there is a 'greatest knower', it doesn't follow that they know absolutely everything
[James]
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