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Divine Simplicity [PDF]

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2022
The conceptual notion of divine simplicity is a contested one, both in modern continental Christian theology and contemporary analytic philosophy.
Thomas Joseph White O.P.
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Plantinga and Ash‘arites on Divine Simplicity

Kader, 2020
The doctrine of divine simplicity has been upheld across various religious traditions, including Christianity and Islam. The mainstream interpretation of divine simplicity identifies God with His attributes.
Nazif Muhtaroğlu
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Divine Simplicity, Divine Relations, and the Problem of Robust Persons

Religions
In this paper, I aim to defend a robust concept of “person” as it relates to the Christian doctrine of the Trinity. I begin by situating the debate in the current context between Social Trinitarianism (ST) and Latin Trinitarianism (LT) and then zero in ...
Ronnie Campbell
exaly   +4 more sources

Divine Simplicity and the Boundaries of Orthodoxy

Religions
This paper explores whether the classical view of Divine Simplicity (DS) is required to remain in the bounds of Christian orthodoxy. After defining key terms, a method is proposed and employed for identifying the boundaries of orthodoxy: searching the ...
Adam Harwood
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Aḥwāl, Divine Simplicity, and Truthmakers

European Journal of Analytic Philosophy, 2022
This paper is a comparative study between Brower’s solution to the problem of divine simplicity and that of Abū Hāšim al-Ǧubbāī (d. 933). First, I argue that the theory of aḥwāl is a semantic theory rather than a metaphysical one.
Behnam Zolghadr
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Gudomlig enkelhet och gudomlig närvaro

Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 2022
In this paper, the development of the understanding of the simplicity of the first metaphysical principle in the Neoplatonic tradition is analyzed. It is argued that Plotinus gives the highest priority to simplicity, making it the most important aspect ...
Anders Ek
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The Flexibility of Thomistic Metaphysical Principles: Byzantine Thomists, Personalist Thomists, and Jacques Maritain [PDF]

Studia Gilsoniana, 2022
Thomistic metaphysics has been challenged on the grounds that its principles are inconsistent with our experiences of divine action and of our own subjectivity.
Mark K. Spencer
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Explaining the Concept of Islamic Simplicity in Architecture (Through Examples of Contemporary Mosque Architecture) [PDF]

صفه, 2023
Simplicity in architecture has always been considered a discission of utmost importance in architectural circles. In this article, simplicity in architecture is explained in both its material and spiritual aspects.
Mohammad Hossein Mirza Kouchak Khoshnevis, Akabar Haji Ebrahim Zargar, Mansoureh Tahbaz   +2 more
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Thomistic Simplicity and Distinguishing the Immanent and Economic Trinities

TheoLogica, 2022
I argue that there is a discrepancy between the Thomistic doctrine of divine simplicity and affirming the immanent-economic distinctions in the Trinity.
Andrew Hollingsworth
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«Intellegentia simplicitatis»: the Doctrine of Divine simplicity in Marius Victorinus: its philosophical Sources and theological Significance [PDF]

Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия, 2018
In this article the author examines Gaius Marius Victorinus’ contribution to the development of the doctrine of divine simplicity, which occupies the central place in his philosophical and theological doctrine.
Alexey Fokin
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