... one might perceive this to be a primitive version of Leibniz's logic that there must be a sufficient reason for the initiation of a series. Plato's view therefore arguably sparked the debate into whether the possibility of infinite regression should be accepted or rejected. Discussions of the causal doctrine are prominent within numerous philosophical works. F. C. Copleston argued from Plato that also ... 'craftsman' of pre-existent matter."8 Also Plato cautiously considers the problem of evil in outlining God. The Demiurge is omnibenevolent, but not omnipotent. This qualifies the n...

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