Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Hermarchus, Gottfried Leibniz and Michael Hallett
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28 ideas
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature
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God's essence is the source of possibilities, and his will the source of existents [Leibniz]
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God must be intelligible, to select the actual world from the possibilities [Leibniz]
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God produces possibilities, and thus ideas [Leibniz]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections
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This is the most perfect possible universe, in its combination of variety with order [Leibniz]
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Perfection is simply quantity of reality [Leibniz]
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The universe contains everything possible for its perfect harmony [Leibniz]
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God does everything in a perfect way, and never acts contrary to reason [Leibniz]
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A perfection is a simple quality, which is positive and absolute, and has no limit [Leibniz]
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The intelligent cause must be unique and all-perfect, to handle all the interconnected possibilities [Leibniz]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 4. Divine Contradictions
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Perfections must have overlapping parts if their incompatibility is to be proved [Leibniz]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 5. God and Time
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If time were absolute that would make God's existence dependent on it [Leibniz, by Bardon]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / a. Divine morality
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God prefers men to lions, but might not exterminate lions to save one man [Leibniz]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question
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If justice is arbitrary, or fixed but not observed, or not human justice, this undermines God [Leibniz]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 1. Proof of God
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Without the principle of sufficient reason, God's existence could not be demonstrated [Leibniz]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof
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God's existence is either necessary or impossible [Leibniz, by Scruton]
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God is the first reason of things; our experiences are contingent, and contain no necessity [Leibniz]
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The concept of an existing thing must contain more than the concept of a non-existing thing [Leibniz]
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God alone (the Necessary Being) has the privilege that He must exist if He is possible [Leibniz]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / a. Cosmological Proof
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The existence of God, and all metaphysics, follows from the Principle of Sufficient Reason [Leibniz]
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Mechanics shows that all motion originates in other motion, so there is a Prime Mover [Leibniz]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
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All substances are in harmony, even though separate, so they must have one divine cause [Leibniz]
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The laws of physics are wonderful evidence of an intelligent and free being [Leibniz]
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If the universe is a perfect agreement of uncommunicating substances, there must be a common source [Leibniz]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / e. Miracles
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Everything, even miracles, belongs to order [Leibniz]
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Allow no more miracles than are necessary [Leibniz]
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Miracles are extraordinary operations by God, but are nevertheless part of his design [Leibniz]
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28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 2. Pantheism
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To say that nature or the one universal substance is God is a pernicious doctrine [Leibniz]
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28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism
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Leibniz was closer than Spinoza to atheism [Leibniz, by Stewart,M]
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