LessonsDivine Transcendence: Form, Essence, Place and TimeQuiz

واعلم أن ما ذكره من التنزيهات بعضه يغني عن البعض
Some of these statements of transcendence logically support or entail others.

The denials of form, boundary, measure, parts, composition, place, direction and time are expressed separately, but their reasons overlap. Extension brings magnitude and divisibility into play; composition raises dependence on parts; place introduces spatial relations and direction.

For this reason, one argument for transcendence may also support another. Listing these negations individually still helps distinguish the possible misunderstandings associated with each term.

Lesson conclusion: Divine perfections remain affirmed while material body, components, measure, sensory accidents, place and temporal origination are denied.

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How the negations support one another

Divine Transcendence: Form, Essence, Place and Time

واعلم أن ما ذكره من التنزيهات بعضه يغني عن البعض
Some of these statements of transcendence logically support or entail others.

The denials of form, boundary, measure, parts, composition, place, direction and time are expressed separately, but their reasons overlap. Extension brings magnitude and divisibility into play; composition raises dependence on parts; place introduces spatial relations and direction.

For this reason, one argument for transcendence may also support another. Listing these negations individually still helps distinguish the possible misunderstandings associated with each term.

Lesson conclusion: Divine perfections remain affirmed while material body, components, measure, sensory accidents, place and temporal origination are denied.