Handout 10

Question 0

Supreme

Answer 0

X is supreme =df x has all perfections

Question 1

God

Answer 1

X is God =df x is the supreme being

Question 2

Perfection

Answer 2

F is a perfection =df. F is the highest degree of a property that (a) comes in degrees, and (b) is [intrinsically] good to have

Question 3

Omnipotent

Answer 3

X is omnipotent =df. X can bring about any state of affairs that is metaphysically possible

Question 4

Omniscient

Answer 4

X is omniscient =df. X knows everything that is true

Question 5

Omnibenevolent

Answer 5

X is omnibenevolent =df. X always prefers the better to the worse

Question 6

Necessary existent

Answer 6

X is a necessary existent =df. Necessarily, for any time, t, x exists at t.

Question 7

Creative

Answer 7

X is creative =df. All contingent things are ontologically dependent on x

Question 8

Incorporeal

Answer 8

X is incorporeal =df. X is not a physical object

Question 9

A principle about God

Answer 9

X is God if and only if x is the omniscient, omnipotent, omnibenevolent, necessarily existent, creative, and [incorporeal] being