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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / a. Cosmological Proof

22124	We can't infer the infinity of God from creation ex nihilo [Duns Scotus, by Dumont]
	Full Idea: Duns Scotus rejected the traditional argument that the infinity of God can be inferred from creation ex nihilo.
	From: report of John Duns Scotus (works [1301]) by Stephen D. Dumont - Duns Scotus p.206
	A reaction: He accepted the infinity of God, however, but not for this reason. I don't know why he rejected it. I suppose the rejected claim is that something has to be infinite, and if it isn't the Cosmos then that leaves God?

28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / c. Teleological Proof critique

1535	Democritus said people imagined gods as the source of what awed or frightened them [Democritus, by Sext.Empiricus]
	Full Idea: Democritus thought that people imagined gods as responsible for the frightening and awesome things that happen in this world.
	From: report of Democritus (fragments/reports [c.431 BCE], A075) by Sextus Empiricus - Against the Professors (six books) 9.24