Philosophical Creationism: Thomas Aquinas’ Metaphysics of Creatio ex Nihilo

All philosophers, beginning with the pre-Socratics, through Plato and Aristotle, and up to Thomas Aquinas, accepted as a certain that the world as a whole existed eternally. The foundation for the eternity of the world was the indestructible and eternal primal building material of the world, a mater...

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Main Author: Andrzej Maryniarczyk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Étienne Gilson Society 2016-03-01
Series:Studia Gilsoniana
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Online Access:http://gilsonsociety.com/files/217-268-Maryniarczyk.pdf