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3.6 - Multiplicity in Earth and Heaven

from III - Engagements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2021

By
Stephen R. L. Clark
Edited by
Alexander J. B. Hampton  and
John Peter Kenney
Alexander J. B. Hampton
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
John Peter Kenney
Affiliation:
Saint Michael's College, Vermont
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This paper explores Platonic and Aristotelian thought on multiplicity, forms, and matter, and considers the relationship between Abrahamic and pagan understandings of the order of divine creation.

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multiplicityPlatonismcreation and natureforms and matter
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Christian Platonism
A History
 , pp. 472 - 491
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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