Is God His Essence? The Logical Structure of Aquinas' Proofs for this Claim

Philosophia 41 (3):649-660 (2013)
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In this article I consider whether Aquinas’ arguments for the claim that God is His essence are conclusive, and what was his purpose of upholding this thesis. I show his proofs from Summa Theologiae and Summa Contra Gentiles to be problematic and argue that the defense of Aquinas’ views on that matter suggested by certain remarks of P. T. Geach is flawed

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Tomasz Kąkol
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