God is not in a genus because his essence is not other than his existence
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If it is true that...
Forms closer to matter have no existence without matter 1 0 2and
God's essence is his existence itself 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
God is not in a genus because his essence is not other than his existence 1 0 2Opposing Arguments
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Argument #72f5bbb7 1 0 2
If it is true that...
God is not in a genus because his essence is not other than his existence 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
God's existence is distinct from every other existence due to its purity 1 0 2Mentions
St Thomas Aquinas/On Being and Essence
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God is absolute ontological Goodness in Himself and in relation to others 1 0 2God does not exist in place or time, but all things exist in him 1 0 2The genus signifies indeterminately the whole that is in the species and does not signify matter alone 1 0 2The intention of genus or species is appropriate to the essence as the essence is signified as a whole 1 0 2Existence is something other than the essence or quiddity, unless there is something whose quiddity is its very own existence 1 0 2Existence received from God allows substances to subsist in the nature of things 1 0 2God's essence is his existence itself 1 0 2God possesses all perfections that exist in every genus 1 0 2In created intellectual substances, existence is other than essence 1 0 2The notions of genus, species, and definition do not apply to the first being due to its simplicity 1 0 1