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23230 | Nature contains a fundamental force of thought [Fichte] |
Full Idea: There is an original force of thought in nature just as there is an original formative force. | |
From: Johann Fichte (The Vocation of Man [1800], 1) | |
A reaction: I think this idea is false, but it helps to understand Fichte. |
20700 | Without God's influence every operation would stop, so God causes everything [Aquinas] |
Full Idea: If God's divine influence stopped, every operation would stop. Every operation, therefore, of everything is traced back to him as cause. | |
From: Thomas Aquinas (Summa Contra Gentiles [1268], III.67), quoted by Brian Davies - Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion 3 'Freedom' | |
A reaction: If the systematic interraction of mind and body counts as an 'operation', then this seems to imply Occasionalism. |