Journal article
Descartes on the immutability of the divine will
Religious studies, Vol.39(1), pp.79-92
03/01/2003
DOI: 10.1017/S0034412502006261
Abstract
Descartes holds that God's will is immutable. It cannot be changed by God and, because He is supremely independent, it cannot be changed by anything else. Descartes' God acts by a single immutable will for all eternity, and there is no sense in which it is possible for Him to will or to have willed anything other than what He in fact wills. Passages in which Descartes might appear to be suggesting a different view are simply manifestations of his analytic method.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Descartes on the immutability of the divine will
- Creators
- DAVID Cunning - Northern Illinois University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Religious studies, Vol.39(1), pp.79-92
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- DOI
- 10.1017/S0034412502006261
- ISSN
- 0034-4125
- eISSN
- 1469-901X
- Number of pages
- 14
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2003
- Academic Unit
- Philosophy
- Record Identifier
- 9984397937802771
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