| relig., philos. |
self-sufficiency (In other words, God’s self-sufficiency is the basis of grace, the overflow of grace, which is why Paul says in Ephesians 1 that everything is done to the praise of the glory of his grace (Ephesians 1:6, 12, 14).  desiringgod.org • Our own human self-sufficiency, to the limited extent that we even have it, shows itself in
our degree of independence of other human beings; and analogously, in Aristotle’s eyes, the
gods’ postulated self-sufficiency requires above all that they have no dependence on other
gods. academia.edu Abysslooker); aseity (In order to maintain God’s aseity, or self-sufficiency, it seems that God must have some form of libertarian freedom. After all, if God’s choice to create was predetermined by God’s nature, for instance, then creation plays an essential role in God’s nature. conciliarpost.com • So it turns out that causality and contingent being are the same thing. The anxiety in which man is aware of this situation is anxiety about his lack of aseity (the self-sufficiency possessed by God alone). stanford.edu Abysslooker) |
