PHIL 262 Lecture 17: PHIL-262,University of Arizona,Textbook(p17)
30 Aug 2018
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Must act in accordance with what we presume to be the will of god. To understand why god created a word with the ability of sin is beyond a finite mind. Happiness in minds is the principal aim of god. His means are simple but his ends are rich. Acts of god are divided into ordinary or extraordinary, but everything is orderly. God has chosen the most perfect world for us. Nothing can happen which is not in order. Subordinate maxims the nature of things. God permits evil but does not will it because he knows how to draw a greater good from it. Each individual substance represents the whole universe in its own way. Individual substances are the things everything is predicated upon, they cannot be divided into two and are only made by creation and only end by destruction. Qualities of extension like size shape motion etc. cannot constitute substance.
