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Divine Perfection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

George N. Schlesinger
George N. Schlesinger
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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In recent years a number of arguments have been advanced to show that there are conceptual difficulties with a variety of divine attributes. Some have claimed that there is an inherent inconsistency in the notion of omnipotence, others that omnipotence was logically incompatible with omniscience or omnibenevolence, and yet others that omniscience is irreconcilable with immutuability.

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Religious Studies , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , June 1985 , pp. 147 - 158
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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page 158 note 1 I am indebted to Professor W.J. Peck for the enlightening discussion we had on divine perfection.