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TAGS: Aristotle; Attraction, Power of; Beauty; Cause and effect; God; God, Love for; Irfán Colloquia; Love; Metaphysics; Philosophy, Western; Power; Theology; Time
Abstract:
Two conceptual notions of God: the view of Islam, Christianity and Judaism is based on concepts of God via St Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, and chains of cause and effect. Alternately, God can be seen as the ultimate goal, attracting all of Creation to Him.
Notes:
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/lights21. See also complete volume [PDF, 2 MB].

The Potent God and the Attracting God:

Metaphysics and its Social Consequences

Moojan Momen

published in Lights of Irfán

vol. 21, pp. 192-214

Wilmette: Haj Mehdi Arjmand Colloquium, 2025

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