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Logic is the most useful tool of all the arts. Without it no science can be fully known. It is not worn out by repeated use, after the manner of material tools, but rather admits of continual growt...
Historically, Ockham has been cast as the outstanding opponent of Thomas Aquinas (1224–1274): Aquinas perfected the great "medieval synthesis" of faith and reason and was canonized by the Catholic...
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A Latin text in which Medieval Author William of Ockham discusses the nature of God's power, among other aspects of divinity, with an introduction by scholar John Longeway.
Aug 16, 2002 · William of Ockham (c. 1287–1347) is, along with Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus, among the most prominent figures in the history of philosophy during the High Middle Ages. He is probably best known today for his espousal of metaphysical nominalism; indeed, the methodological principle known as “Ockham’s Razor” is named after him.
- Paul Vincent Spade, Claude Panaccio
- 2002
William of Ockham was a medieval philosopher and theologian, and his famous ‘razor’ is the idea that “It is futile to do with more things that which can be done with fewer.” Applied to science and God, the implication seems to be that if science can explain the world around us on its own, there is no need for science and God.
We just end in our faith because no one can question your faith. By the grace of God we can know God but not totally. Ockham defines God as ‘God is something nobler and better than anything than itself; God is that than which nothing better or more perfect.’
May 17, 2021 · Could God Command that a Bad Thing Be Done? (Ord., d. 47, q. un.) Edited and translated by Eric W. Hagedorn; Book: William of Ockham: Questions on Virtue, Goodness, and the Will; Online publication: 17 May 2021; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108670036.013
