Metaphysical problems is poorer than their discussionĬoncerning this problem, since here they exploit cer General, their discussion concerning the rest of the This is the most imaginative of their proofs. Inasmuch as the worldĮxists and its temporal creation is impossible, its eter ToĪssign a change of state is impossible,īecause that temporal change would be like any other, Strument, moment, intent, or nature, is absurd. Thing pertaining to the eternal, whether a power, in Temporal from the eternal without the change of some- Thus, it has been independently verified byĪbsolute argumentation that the procession of the Will would need a will and likewise the first will, [ re- Or is it owing to the absence of the will? But then the Tence, was it created? The very same difficulty returns! He create now and not earlier? Was it because of anĪbsence of an instrument or power or intent or nature?īut then why, if that l absence] is replaced with exis That does not have a \1aker, otherwise what is the difįe rence between one temporal event and another?Īlso, if it is created by a creation of God, then why did Out a creator, then let the world be a temporal event Not due to God? If there can be a temporal event with Namely, from whence is it created and why was it creĪted now but not earlier? Was its being created now Does not the difficulty con cerning the origin of creation still stand, Let us set aside speculating about the substrate Things inhere, and temporal creation is nei " In that case the will would have been temporallyĬreated, but its temporal creation in Him is absurd, be-Ĭause He is not that in which temporally occurring Must be said, " existence came to be be-Ĭause He came to will its existence after not willing In fact, the nearest one can imagine is to say, " did not will its existence," in which case it Lacking an instrument, which thereafter came to exist. Th at there had been no previous wish and thereafter a The world's changing from being impossible to being Lead either to a change in the Eternal from being unĪble to having the power, or to Uted to His inability to create temporally nor to the im
of its creation?" It can neither be attrib Its independent verification is to ask, "Why did State of refraining from the state of commencing. l 0 5 5- l l l l The Incoherence of the Philosophers, On the Eternity of the World 269Įxists perpetually, fo r it is impossible to distinguish the Walsh, and Thomas Williams Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. Philosophy in the Middle Ages The Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions Third Edition Edited by Arthur Hyman, James J.
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