Motif
Nature as dependent instrument of the divine
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A motif of the Supreme Ruler and Cosmic Sovereignty family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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The Confessions of Al Ghazzali THE SUBTERFUGES OF THE SOPHISTS / THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SEEKERS AFTER TRUTH / THE AIM OF SCHOLASTIC THEOLOGY AND ITS RESULTS / DIVISIONS OF THE PHILOSOPHIC SCIENCES; lines 698-792 confidence: high
“Nature is entirely subject to God; incapable of acting by itself, it is an instrument in the hand of the Creator.”
Nature and heavenly bodies are described as incapable of spontaneous action and subject to God.
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