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Divine Immutability for Henotheists
Citation
Baltzly, DC, Divine Immutability for Henotheists, Sophia, 55 pp. 129-143. ISSN 1873-930X (2016) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1007/s11841-015-0472-2
Abstract
Discussions of divine immutability normally take place against the backdrop
of a presupposition of monotheism. This background makes some problems seem
especially salient—for instance, does the notion that God is immutable have any
implications for God’s relation to time? In what follows, I’ll consider the problem of
divine immutability in the context of henotheistic conceptions of god. I take henotheism
to be the view that, although there are a plurality of gods, all of them are in some
sense dependent upon and subordinate to one god that is the supreme first principle or
archê. Henoetheism was the dominant approach to gods among the pagan philosophers
of antiquity—with a few exceptions. I consider the development of henotheistic
defences of divine immutability through a dialectical development from Xenophanes
to Plato to Proclus (d. 485 CE).
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Divine attributes . Henotheism . Ancient philosophy. Platonism |
Research Division: | Philosophy and Religious Studies |
Research Group: | History and philosophy of specific fields |
Research Field: | History of philosophy |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in philosophy and religious studies |
UTAS Author: | Baltzly, DC (Professor Dirk Baltzly) |
ID Code: | 106227 |
Year Published: | 2016 (online first 2015) |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 2 |
Deposited By: | School of Humanities |
Deposited On: | 2016-02-02 |
Last Modified: | 2020-08-25 |
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