Haven't had the chance yet to read the next chapter, but I want to go back to this bit here:
Feser argues that each angel is their own species, since otherwise there's no principle of individuation to differentiate between them. But why couldn't location be that principle of individuation?
(November 5, 2019 at 1:29 am)Belacqua Wrote: Angels, on the other hand, would be:
~ individual (There's only one Raphael, one Michael, one Uriel, etc. If Aquinas believed in Platonic Forms, there would be a Platonic Angel Form that exists "above" each particular angel's existence.)
~ created
~ having location (an angel can be said to be in a certain place and not in another)
Feser argues that each angel is their own species, since otherwise there's no principle of individuation to differentiate between them. But why couldn't location be that principle of individuation?
