LessonsDivine Will: Eternity, Specification of Possibilities and Free AgencyQuiz

موجب بالذات لا فاعل بالإرادة والاختيار
A necessary cause by its very essence, not an agent acting through will and choice.

The wording attributes to certain philosophers the view that the first cause's effect proceeds from it by necessity; creation is not analyzed as voluntary specification among alternatives.

The central disagreement is not over whether there is a cause, but over a necessitating cause versus a willing agent. The first emphasizes the necessary consequence; the second attributes the specific occurrence of a possible act to will.

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The philosophical doctrine of necessary emanation

Divine Will: Eternity, Specification of Possibilities and Free Agency

موجب بالذات لا فاعل بالإرادة والاختيار
A necessary cause by its very essence, not an agent acting through will and choice.

The wording attributes to certain philosophers the view that the first cause's effect proceeds from it by necessity; creation is not analyzed as voluntary specification among alternatives.

The central disagreement is not over whether there is a cause, but over a necessitating cause versus a willing agent. The first emphasizes the necessary consequence; the second attributes the specific occurrence of a possible act to will.