Only a being whose nature is identical with existence itself—whose essence entails existence—can produce effects with true metaphysical necessity, as Aquinas's doctrine of divine simplicity implies.

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Aquinas: Thomas Aquinas was a medieval Italian priest and philosopher (1225-1274) who became one of the most influential thinkers in Western history. He attempted to show that Christian faith and human reason are compatible, arguing that we can use logic and observation to understand God and the natural world. His ideas deeply shaped Catholic theology and continue to influence how religious and secular institutions think about ethics, knowledge, and the relationship between science and belief.
divine simplicity(Central to both Malebranche's theodicy and his epistemology): A divine attribute functioning as a side constraint on God's actions, requiring God to act through simple means.
effects(the principle concerns effects and what causes them): Things that happen as a result of something else causing them; the results or outcomes.
essence(Medieval realist metaphysics): The defining nature of a species, held by some to be distinct from and capable of surviving the destruction of all individual members of that species

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