Ordem, harmonía e perfeição do universo na filosofía da natureza de Sant Agostinho

Abstract : Starting with the Judeo-Christian principle that God, the supreme Being, has created all things from nothing (creatio ex nihilo) by means of a free act of love, the article shows how Saint Augustine defends that in the physical universe, created and governed by God, there is no room for...

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Author:Marcos Roberto Nunes Costa
Published: S.n., s.l., 2008
Volume:64
Pages:195-207
Language:Portuguese
Periodical:Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia
Number:1
Format:Article
Topic:- Doctrine > The World > [Création (materia spiritualis)] > [Création (monde/matière/créature.)] > [Généralités] > [Creatio ex nihilo]
- Doctrine > The World > [Création (materia spiritualis)] > [Création (monde/matière/créature.)] > [Généralités] > [Bonté du monde créé]
- Doctrine > From man to God > Evil. Sin > Evil > [Opposition mal - bien]
- Doctrine > The World > [Création (materia spiritualis)] > [Création (monde/matière/créature.)] > [Ordre créé]
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Summary:Abstract : Starting with the Judeo-Christian principle that God, the supreme Being, has created all things from nothing (creatio ex nihilo) by means of a free act of love, the article shows how Saint Augustine defends that in the physical universe, created and governed by God, there is no room for disorderliness or imperfection (evil), but that nature is perfectly ordered and harmonious. Indeed, for Augustine, there exists only the good, so that for him to exist, being and the good are synonymous. On the other hand, the article also shows that physical evil, or the imperfection in the universe, is nothing more than an absence or deprivation of the Good, which happens not as being but rather as not-being.

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