Necessary Being is a metaphysical concept in natural theology that denotes a being whose existence is self-explanatory and non-contingent, requiring no external cause for its existence and serving as the ultimate ground of all other beings.
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St. Thomas' Doctrine of Necessary Being
Patterson Brown · The Philosophical Review · 1964 · 47 citations
The Use and Abuse of Perichoresis in Recent Theology
Randall E. Otto · Scottish Journal of Theology · 2001 · 44 citations
From states of affairs to a necessary being
Joshua Rasmussen · Philosophical Studies · 2008 · 29 citations
Why the Cosmos Needs a Craftsman: Plato, Timaeus 27d5-29b1
Thomas Johansen · Phronesis · 2014 · 28 citations
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University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, United States
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3 publications
66 citations
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Lincoln, United States
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1 publications
11 citations
Union Presbyterian Seminary
Richmond, United States
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1 publications
44 citations
Eton College
Windsor, United Kingdom
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1 publications
28 citations
University of Divinity
Kew East, Australia
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1 publications
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University of Toledo
Toledo, United States
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1 publications
21 citations
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, United States
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1 publications
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Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, United States
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1 publications
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- Scottish Journal of Theology
2 publications · 58 citations
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- European Journal for Philosophy of Religion
2 publications · 35 citations
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1 publications · 21 citations
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1 publications · 28 citations
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- The Philosophical Review
1 publications · 47 citations
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