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... nature . Nature is the where- abouts of degrees of excellence . But what can we say of perfection ? Its whereabouts is obviously not nature ; nothing in nature is perfect after its kind . It is easier to state Thomas's position here ...
... nature . Nature is the where- abouts of degrees of excellence . But what can we say of perfection ? Its whereabouts is obviously not nature ; nothing in nature is perfect after its kind . It is easier to state Thomas's position here ...
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... nature as caused being to God as uncaused being ; from nature as contingent being to God as necessary being ; from nature as imperfect being to God as perfect being . In each instance we begin with nature as the whereabouts of a certain ...
... nature as caused being to God as uncaused being ; from nature as contingent being to God as necessary being ; from nature as imperfect being to God as perfect being . In each instance we begin with nature as the whereabouts of a certain ...
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... nature to God . Among the facts used by Saint Thomas were change , causation , contingency , degrees of excellence , and adaptation or " accord . " One of these facts gives rise to a problem . It is this : If nature exhibits degrees of ...
... nature to God . Among the facts used by Saint Thomas were change , causation , contingency , degrees of excellence , and adaptation or " accord . " One of these facts gives rise to a problem . It is this : If nature exhibits degrees of ...
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