In some passages, Damian assumes that divine omnipotence can be characterized as God’s ability to bring about anything that he can will. Because God can will anything that is good, and he cannot will anything that is evil, this amounts to the same as the characterization of omnipotence as God’s ability to bring about anything that is good (cf. 596C–597B, 599A, 600A–B). However, the characterization of omnipotence as God's ability to bring about anything that he can will reveals an important aspe