... original argument. These cosmological debates within western religious philosophy have been influenced by the works of Plato. Aquinas also builds on Plato's cosmological argument, by postulating the Aramaic God of classical theism; an omnipotent, omniscient and benevolence being. This contrasts with Plato's initial postulation of a Demiurge. The Demiurge was put forward as a bringer of order; comparable to the Abrahamic God of ... the soul contained a concept conforming to Ancient Greek culture. There was already the dualistic idea that humans were composed of two distinct elements: bod...

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