Saturday, September 21, 2019

theology - Shaar Yichud - Unity of God


According my understanding of the Shaar Yichud of Chovot Halevavot, an Eternal being must be infinite and everywhere since whatever is finite is necessarily bounded and whatever is bounded is preceded by the framework which set its boundaries, hence it cannot be Eternal, because eternal by definition means nothing preceding it. (see. ch.7 with commentaries)


If it is so that God must be everywhere, then how are we to understand the absolute unity of God?


We cannot say "part" of Him is here and "part" of Him is there since that contradicts the Unity of God.


Neither can we say that He is entirely here and entirely there since that would mean 1+1=1




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