Time and Eternity / / Brian Leftow.
Brian Leftow makes an important contribution to the longstanding debate among philosophers and theologians about the nature of God's eternity. The author develops a powerful and original defense of the notion that God is eternal in that he exists timelessly; that is, that though God exists, he...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©2009 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Cornell Studies in the Philosophy of Religion
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Some Working Assumptions -- 3. The Possibility of the Timeless -- 4. The Logic of Eternity -- 5. Augustine: Eternality as Truest Existence -- 6. Boethius: Eternity as Duration -- 7. The Roots of Eternity -- 8. Boethius: Foreknowledge, Eternity, and Simultaneity -- 9. Anselm: Eternity and Dimensionality -- 10. A Theory of Time and Eternity -- 11. Timelessness, Freedom, and Foreknowledge -- 12. A Case for God's Timelessness -- 13. Timelessness and Personhood -- 14. Time, Actuality, and Omniscience -- 15. Omniscience, Change, and Epistemic Indexicals -- 16. Timelessness and Religious Experience -- 17. Vale et Salve -- References -- Index |
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Summary: | Brian Leftow makes an important contribution to the longstanding debate among philosophers and theologians about the nature of God's eternity. The author develops a powerful and original defense of the notion that God is eternal in that he exists timelessly; that is, that though God exists, he does not exist at any time. Leftow defends the claim that a timeless God can be an object of human experience, and he attempts to delineate the extent of such a God's omniscience. Finally, the author pays special attention to the relation between the claim that God is timeless and the claim that God is metaphysically simple. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781501731884 9783110536157 |
DOI: | 10.7591/9781501731884 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Brian Leftow. |