Title
Activity, Identity, and God: A Tension in Aquinas and His Interpreters
Department/School
Philosophy
Date
2015
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5840/studneoar20151225
Abstract
Are all God’s activities identical to God? If not, which are identical to God and which not? Although it is seldom noticed, the texts of Aquinas (at least on the surface) suggest conflicting answers to these questions, giving rise to a diversity of opinion among interpreters of Aquinas. In this paper, we draw attention to this conflict and offer what we believe to be the strongest textual and speculative support for and against each of the main answers to these questions.
Volume
12
Issue
2
Published in
Studia Neoaristotelica
COinS
Citation/Other Information
Grant, W. Matthews, and Mark Spencer. “Activity, Identity, and God: A Tension in Aquinas and His Interpreters.” Studia Neoaristotelica 12, no. 2 (2015): 5-61. https://doi.org/10.5840/studneoar20151225