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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International Étienne Gilson Society
2016-03-01
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Online Access: | http://gilsonsociety.com/files/217-268-Maryniarczyk.pdf |