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Why the One Cannot Have Parts: Plotinus on Divine Simplicity, Ontological Independence, and Perfect Being TheologyPhilosophical Quarterly 67 (269): 751-771. 2017.I use Plotinus to present absolute divine simplicity as the consequence of principles about metaphysical and explanatory priority to which most theists are already committed. I employ Phil Corkum’s account of ontological independence as independent status to present a new interpretation of Plotinus on the dependence of everything on the One. On this reading, if something else (whether an internal part or something external) makes you what you are, then you are ontologically dependent on it. I sh…Read more
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KU LeuvenPost-doctoral Fellow
Leuven, Belgium
Areas of Specialization
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Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
Aristotle |
Plato |
Hellenistic and Later Ancient Philosophy |
Neoplatonists |
Aristotelian Commentators |
Proclus |
Peripatetics |
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