Rather unusually, Henry of Ghent includes ‘totality’ (totalitas) in the list of divine attributes discussed in his Summa quaestionum ordinariarum. Availing himself of the different philosophical definitions of totality given by Boethius and Avicenna, Henry concludes that God cannot be considered a totum universale, a totum numerale and a totum virtuale or potestativum (at least in the strictest sense), but concedes that He may be considered a totality insofar as His being comprehends the exemplary perfections of all created beings.

La totalité peut-elle être un attribut divin ? Les questions De totalitate Dei d’Henri de Gand

PORRO Pasquale
2016-01-01

Abstract

Rather unusually, Henry of Ghent includes ‘totality’ (totalitas) in the list of divine attributes discussed in his Summa quaestionum ordinariarum. Availing himself of the different philosophical definitions of totality given by Boethius and Avicenna, Henry concludes that God cannot be considered a totum universale, a totum numerale and a totum virtuale or potestativum (at least in the strictest sense), but concedes that He may be considered a totality insofar as His being comprehends the exemplary perfections of all created beings.
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