LessonsOrigination of Accidents and Substances: Premises, Objections and RepliesQuiz

أن الأزل ليس عبارة عن حالة مخصوصة
Eternity is not a particular state or condition.

To say that an eternal body must be in some occupation “in eternity” can misleadingly treat eternity as one prior moment or physical condition. Beginninglessness means lacking an initial temporal boundary, not standing at a specified earliest instant.

A hypothesis of infinitely many successive events is also distinct from one event existing eternally. If the argument relies on a contradiction, it must specify and defend the premise that a beginningless succession of originated events is impossible.

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Eternity is not a spatial condition

Origination of Accidents and Substances: Premises, Objections and Replies

أن الأزل ليس عبارة عن حالة مخصوصة
Eternity is not a particular state or condition.

To say that an eternal body must be in some occupation “in eternity” can misleadingly treat eternity as one prior moment or physical condition. Beginninglessness means lacking an initial temporal boundary, not standing at a specified earliest instant.

A hypothesis of infinitely many successive events is also distinct from one event existing eternally. If the argument relies on a contradiction, it must specify and defend the premise that a beginningless succession of originated events is impossible.