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... nature of things , we notice the fact of degrees of excellence . This is more excellent than that . These are more ... nature exhibits de- grees of excellence . Degrees of excellence , like change and causation and contingency , is a ...
... nature of things , we notice the fact of degrees of excellence . This is more excellent than that . These are more ... nature exhibits de- grees of excellence . Degrees of excellence , like change and causation and contingency , is a ...
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... nature . The Argument from Harmony . Thus far , Saint Thomas has argued from nature as changing being to God as unchanging being ; from nature as caused being to God as uncaused being ; from nature as contingent being to God as ...
... nature . The Argument from Harmony . Thus far , Saint Thomas has argued from nature as changing being to God as unchanging being ; from nature as caused being to God as uncaused being ; from nature as contingent being to God as ...
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... nature is a good example of condensed refutation . He first points out that the term nature , or according to na- ture , is ambiguous . He states the two senses in which it might be used . He then shows that , given the first sense ...
... nature is a good example of condensed refutation . He first points out that the term nature , or according to na- ture , is ambiguous . He states the two senses in which it might be used . He then shows that , given the first sense ...
Contents
AN INTRODUCTION | 2 |
A Metaphysical Problem | 90 |
An Epistemological Problem | 169 |
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