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    Aquinas argued that even omnipotence cannot make contradi... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Damian has to deny the universal validity of the principle of non-contradiction

    Aquinas argued that even omnipotence cannot make contradictions true, since they have no intelligible content for divine power to act upon.

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    • 1.Power requires an intelligible object or state of affairs to bring about; contradiction lacks coherent content to actualize.
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    • 2.Logical laws describe the structure of reality itself, not external constraints on omnipotence.
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    • 3.Omnipotence means power over all possible states; impossible states fall outside the domain of possibility.
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    • 1.If omnipotence is truly unlimited, restricting it by logical laws makes divinity subject to logical necessity—a real limitation.
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    • 2.Aquinas assumes logical structure is independent of God, but if God creates all reality, divine will could constitute what is logically possible.
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    • 3.The claim that contradictions lack 'intelligible content' begs the question—an omniscient being might comprehend contradictions in ways we cannot.
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