tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post2029233226568855072..comments2024-03-28T13:23:50.623-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Divine simplicity and Aristotelian metaphysicsAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-24885295784811807672012-09-18T03:16:29.107-05:002012-09-18T03:16:29.107-05:00I respond to this argument here: http://philosophy...I respond to this argument here: http://philosophyexnihilo.blogspot.com/2012/09/why-nobody-who-isnt-already-proponent.htmlEx Nihilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01817738474922476715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-45771436531079509852010-03-02T04:09:38.279-06:002010-03-02T04:09:38.279-06:00I like your argument, Dr Pruss, although I have ha...I like your argument, Dr Pruss, although I have had the notion of divine simplicity explained to me as the notion that God is pure actuality, in which terms the Aristotelian influence is unavoidable.<br /><br />Regarding the possibility of some more mereological notion, I wonder if the notion of God as All-powerful Creator supports the following, as much as it does (1):<br /><br />(1') Everything other than God (or His essential parts, if He has any) is created by God.<br /><br />After all, Christianity knows of several sorts of creation: the begetting of the Son, the causing of the Spirit to exist necessarily, the creation of contingent souls, the creation of pure energy, and its shaping; and surely it makes some sense to think of the Son as an essential part of God?Martin Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425491938517935179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-71057028497800592722010-03-01T00:49:35.829-06:002010-03-01T00:49:35.829-06:00Maybe he's claiming that it's been so *wid...Maybe he's claiming that it's been so *widely accepted* due to the fact that simplicity is more plausible given Aristotelianism. For example, the claim that God is his nature is not that crazy given the Aristotelian account of natures. I don't know if that's exactly what he's had in mind. That's just a guess on my part.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-75688028481859640642010-02-28T23:42:19.079-06:002010-02-28T23:42:19.079-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00769271734220181852noreply@blogger.com