Divine simplicity sounds strange at first—the idea that God has no parts, no components, nothing more basic that makes Him up. But this ancient doctrine has been central to how some of the greatest thinkers in history—Aquinas, Augustine, Maimonides, Avicenna, and more—understood God.

In this video, I’ll explain the primary philosophical motivation backing divine simplicity, show why it matters for how we think about God, and point to where the debate stands today.

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References:

Edward Feser, “What Is Classical Theism,” in Classical Theism: New Essays on the Metaphysics of God, ed. Jonathan Fuqua & Robert C. Koons (Routledge, 2023).

W. Matthews Grant, Free Will and God’s Universal Causality (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019).

James E. Dolezal, God Without Parts (Pickwick Publications, 2011).