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Is God not a perfect being, just as incorruptible as the heavens described by Aristotle?

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Anthropomorphic asked:


On page 130, Grant describes St. Ambrose’s rejection of “Aristotle’s incorruptible celestial ether, because this would imply the incorruptibility of the heavens. But the world is corruptible…” It seems to me that Aristotle’s model of the outer sphere can be represented quite easily as God Himself, or even as the heavens in which He dwells. Is God not a perfect being, just as incorruptible as the heavens described by Aristotle? Or is Ambrose suggesting that there is a difference between the Earth and what lays beyond it. Even so, this still resembles Aristotle’s conception of the Un-moved Mover ‘allowing’ the Mover to operate.

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2 Responses to “Is God not a perfect being, just as incorruptible as the heavens described by Aristotle?”

  1. Bobby K on August 23rd, 2008 1:55 am

    What difference does it make when your in love and having children?

  2. Timaeus on August 25th, 2008 5:44 pm

    Research Aquinas’ commentary in The “Summa Theologica”– Questions 1-26 and Questions 44-49.