Voluntarism and panentheism: the sensorium of God and Isaac Newton’s theology
| Autor: | J. E. McGuire, John Henry |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Cultural Studies
History Philosophy Equivocation Absolute time and space 06 humanities and the arts 0603 philosophy ethics and religion 060105 history of science technology & medicine Panentheism Sensorium 060302 philosophy 0601 history and archaeology Meaning (existential) Voluntarism (action) Theology |
| Zdroj: | The Seventeenth Century. 33:587-612 |
| ISSN: | 2050-4616 0268-117X |
| Popis: | Newton’s suggestion in Query 31 of the Opticks (1718) that infinite space is the sensorium of God and that God “is more able by his Will to move the Bodies within his boundless uniform Sensorium, and thereby to form and reform the Parts of the Universe, than we are by our Will to move the Parts of our own Bodies” has recently been shown to be both philosophically coherent and compatible with contemporary religious views. This paper explores the further meaning of this and what it tells us about Newton’s theology, and his attempts to maintain immanentism while avoiding pantheism. It is suggested that Newton’s evident equivocation in discussing these matters stems in large part from the fact that there was no designation in his day for his position, but it can now be understood as panentheism. |
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