A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God

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book theological work

A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God is an influential early 18th-century philosophical and theological work that presents a rational, largely a priori argument for God's existence and nature.

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instanceOf	book ⓘ theological work ⓘ
aim	to establish the attributes of God from first principles ⓘ to prove the existence of God by reason alone ⓘ
argumentType	a priori argument ⓘ cosmological argument ⓘ
author	Samuel Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorNationality	English ⓘ
basedOn	Boyle Lectures NERFINISHED ⓘ
claimsAboutGod	God is a necessary being ⓘ God is eternal ⓘ God is omnipotent NERFINISHED ⓘ God is omniscient NERFINISHED ⓘ God is perfectly good ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
genre	Christian apologetics ⓘ natural theology ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ
historicalContext	early Enlightenment ⓘ post-Newtonian natural philosophy ⓘ
influenced	18th-century natural theology ⓘ British rational theology ⓘ later debates on the cosmological argument ⓘ
influencedBy	Isaac Newton NERFINISHED ⓘ John Locke NERFINISHED ⓘ classical natural theology ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainTopic	attributes of God ⓘ existence of God ⓘ natural religion ⓘ
method	deductive reasoning from self-evident principles ⓘ use of metaphysical principles about existence ⓘ
notableFeature	presents a systematic rational proof of God’s existence ⓘ seeks to show that the existence of God is demonstrable by reason ⓘ
opposedView	Spinozism NERFINISHED ⓘ atheism ⓘ materialism ⓘ
philosophicalIssue	infinite regress of causes ⓘ necessity and contingency ⓘ relation between reason and revelation ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	natural theology ⓘ rationalism ⓘ
placeOfPublication	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
publicationCentury	18th century ⓘ
publicationYear	1705 ⓘ
structure	series of propositions and corollaries ⓘ
theologicalPosition	Christian theism NERFINISHED ⓘ

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