The creation of the eternal truths and the nature of God in Descartes

Descartes held the seemingly bizarre doctrine that the eternal truths are freely created by God. This ‘Creation Doctrine’ has been the subject of great misunderstandings and ridicule from philosophers and theologians from the seventeenth century to the present. This dissertation is a sympathetic int...

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Main Author: Kaufman, Daniel Patrick
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2000
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9988805