Sentences with phrase «then necessary existence»

If we suppose that God possesses all positive properties, Leibniz argues, then necessary existence is a positive property and must pertain to God.

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But if there has always been a realm of finite actualities, and if the existence of such a realm (though not with any particular order) is as eternal and necessary as is the existence of God, then it also makes sense to think of eternally necessary principles descriptive of their possible relationships... [T] his correlation between freedom and intrinsic value is a necessary one, rather than a result of divine arbitrariness (PTE 711).

If the work of creation is seen as an evolutionary process, then existence of matter is the necessary precondition for the appearance, on earth, of spirit: elsewhere Pere Teilhard de Chardin speaks of matter in more exact language as the «matrix of spirit»: that in which life emerges and is supported, not the active principle from which it takes its rise.

There is then no contradiction in supposing that a being whose existence is necessary may nevertheless alter in some respects in the mode of that existence.

We take Anselm's reflections concerning divine perfection and necessary existence to have demonstrated a symmetrical truth: if God could possibly exist, he must; but if God could possibly not exist, then his existence is forever impossible.

This states that if something is necessary for human existence, then it must be true since we do exist.

Descartes then concludes that he is sure that he is a creature made by God: «It is necessary that God would be the author of my existence» (39).

It will then be clear that it is impossible to argue validly for the necessary existence of the neoclassical God.

As Hartshorne himself says: «If an individual X could exist only thanks to the existence of certain other individuals, then unless these exist necessarily, X can not be necessary.

Further, if «necessary existence» must be part of the divine essence, and Hartshorne says it must, then Hartshorne's concept of God can not be an adequate concept of God.

If this is true, then how can perfection be both a predicate and include necessary existence?

... To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again, to draw it back from oblivion for just so long as it is needed, to deny the existence of objective reality and all the while to take account of the reality which one deniesâ $» all this is indispensably necessary.

Early on in the dating journey, I recommend that you accept their existence (much like we do junk mail) and that unfortunately they come with the territory, and then proceed to ignore / delete / block them and report them to the dating website if necessary.

«To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again, to draw it back from oblivion for just so long as it is needed, to deny the existence of objective reality.»

A larger Universe than ours is a necessary prior for the existence of God, as you seem to accept, and of course you are then left with a need for an even more complex explanation.

Years of practice have showed me that when we are faced with overwhelming struggles we must first acknowledge their existence, and only then can we reach for the help necessary to find achievable solutions.