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To: Alamo-Girl; marron; hosepipe
The void is singular and transcendent - Ayn Sof.

Yes; which is what the sensorium Dei is, in my understanding. It is the "efficient cause" of Absolute Space -- which is a true void, because it is absolutely EMPTY, in Newton's view -- by which and into which all laws and creatures come into existence. It is "singular" and "transcendent" in that it is syngenes -- akin or alike -- to its Source, which is God. The sensorium Dei is not God per se, but the creative field in which He works, which He begot of Himself.

This is really tough stuff, dear sister. I continue to try to think it through.

So far, I find a distinct correspondence between Newton's concept of Absolute Space and Plato's Chora, of his creation myth in the Timaeus. Wolfhart Pannenberg suggests Newton received inspiration for his concept of sensorium Dei from Henry More, the famous English (Cambridge) Platonist philosopher.

So now we've got Plato embroiled in this question. LOL! How many cultures have we "covered" here, so far?

1,023 posted on 01/07/2006 12:49:02 PM PST by betty boop (Dominus illuminatio mea.)
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To: betty boop
Thank you so much for your reply and excellent analysis!

Plato's Chora and Newton's Absolute Space do seem comparable. And the efficient cause is comparable to Ayn Sof.

IMHO, many have perceived the cosmos in terms of infinity (no boundaries) whereas the void of cosmology is null. There is no space or time or physical causation in the void.

1,026 posted on 01/07/2006 9:38:00 PM PST by Alamo-Girl (Monthly is the best way to donate to Free Republic!)
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