Aseity
Group: 4 #group-4
Relations
- Immutability: Aseity implies immutability, or the inability to change or be changed.
- Immanence: While transcendent, aseity is sometimes seen as compatible with divine immanence or presence within the universe.
- Necessary Being: Aseity is a characteristic of a necessary being, whose existence is logically necessary.
- Causa Sui: Aseity is related to the concept of causa sui, or being the cause of one’s own existence.
- Omnibenevolence: Aseity is sometimes associated with the attribute of omnibenevolence or perfect goodness.
- Omniscience: Aseity is sometimes linked to the attribute of omniscience or complete knowledge.
- Uncaused: An aseitic being is uncaused, existing independently of any external cause.
- Self-Existence: Aseity refers to the quality of being self-existent or existing by one’s own essence.
- Divine Simplicity: Aseity is related to the doctrine of Divine Simplicity, which holds that God is not composed of parts.
- Theism: Aseity is a key attribute of God in many theistic religions.
- Omnipotence: Aseity is often considered a prerequisite for divine omnipotence.
- Ontological Argument: Aseity is a premise in the Ontological Argument for the existence of God.
- Transcendence: Aseity implies transcendence, or being beyond the limitations of the physical universe.
- Monotheism: Aseity is particularly emphasized in monotheistic religions like Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
- Eternal: Aseity implies eternal existence, without beginning or end.
- Simplicity of God: The simplicity of God is connected to God’s aseity, or self-existence, as a simple being cannot depend on anything else for its existence.
- Independent: An aseitic being is independent and self-sufficient, not dependent on anything else.
- Self-Sufficient: Aseity implies self-sufficiency, not requiring anything external for existence.
- Absolute: Aseity suggests an absolute, non-contingent mode of existence.
- Unmoved Mover: Aseity is a characteristic ascribed to the Unmoved Mover in Aristotelian philosophy.