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It is the direct contradiction of the maxim "ex nihilo nihil fit" nothing can be made out of nothing; and it is the recognition of the presence in ourselves of this power, which can make something out of nothing, that is the key to our further progress.
In doing this, they take up and decompose carbonic acid, retain the carbon, and give off oxygen a vital process not known to occur in the case of animal life. Nihil ex nihilo is conceded to be as conclusive an induction as omne vivum ex vivo.
The "material substantial forms" are those which inform all other natural bodies except that of man; and the object of Suarez in the present Disputation, is to show that the axiom "ex nihilo nihil fit," though not true of the substantial form of man, is true of the substantial forms of all other bodies, the endless mutations of which constitute the ordinary course of nature.
Nevertheless, a very pretty piece of speculative philosophy no such thing as matter impossible that there should be ex nihilo what is the Greek? I have forgot very pretty indeed; very original. 'I am afraid, sir, it was very wrong to write such trash, and yet more to allow it to be published.
Hence Maimonides insists on creation ex nihilo, though he admits that the Platonic view of a pre-existent matter may be reconciled with the Torah. Gersonides, who adopted the doctrine of an eternal matter, finds it necessary to say by way of introduction to his treatment of miracles that they do not prove creation ex nihilo.
If, in defence of Maimonides, we say that he intended to name not only fundamental principles, but also true beliefs, whether fundamental or derivative, then there are many others he might have mentioned, such as creation ex nihilo, belief in miracles, that God rests in Israel through the Torah, and so on.
Setting aside, therefore, the special rôle assigned to Marduk, we find that the Babylonians never developed a theory of real beginnings. The creatio ex nihilo was a thought beyond the grasp even of the schools. There was always something, and indeed there was always a great deal as much perhaps at the beginning of things as at any other time. But there was no cosmic order.
They admit that God is the cause of everything else; hence matter is his effect through the mediation of the separate Intellect. But how can a separate Intellect be the cause of matter if there is no creation ex nihilo. This is ex nihilo as much as anything can be.
Because in Germany the mad plans of those men are wrecked on the compact organization of social-democracy, because the German proletariat, in view of the fruitlessness of your socialist law, has not abandoned hope of attaining its ends peacefully by means of socialistic propaganda and agitation. If and I have said this before if your law were not pro nihilo, it would be pro nihilismo.
Nevertheless, a very pretty piece of speculative philosophy—no such thing as matter—impossible that there should be—ex nihilo—what is the Greek? I have forgot—very pretty indeed; very original.’ ‘I am afraid, sir, it was very wrong to write such trash, and yet more to allow it to be published.’
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