VIC159H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Omnipotence, Voluntaryism, Lucretius
3 May 2016
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God"s omnipotence is therefore better reflected in a singular, perfect world, rather than multiple worlds (there can"t be multiple perfect worlds) Aquinas" real contribution to consolidating cosmic singularity is by shifting the question, Following the death of aquinas, the bishop of paris decreed that anyone who teaches that god cannot make many worlds would be excommunicated for undermining god"s omnipotence. There is neither center nor circumference, but the center of the universe is relative to where one is observing it. Cusa states that everything in the cosmos perpetually and revolves around its neighbor in imperfect circles. Considering that einstein"s theory of special relativity shows that rest and motion are relative to the standpoint of the observer, cusa introduces a very primitive framework for this concept nearly half a millennia before einstein. Cusa also claims that other celestial bodies must be inhabited, but the nature of the inhabitants is completely unknown.
