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Often appears with: the nature and attributes of God · no composition · logic, method, and demonstration · divine simplicity
Usually: argument (1) · detachment (1)
Aquinas argues that God is altogether simple, since God has no composition of parts, matter and form, essence and existence, genus and difference, or subject and accident, and composites are posterior and caused.
*On the contrary,* Augustine says (De Trin. iv, 6,7): "God is truly and absolutely simple." *I answer that,* The absolute simplicity of God may be shown in many ways. First, from the previous articles of this question. For there is neither composition of quantitative parts in God, since He is not a body; nor composition of matter and form; nor does His nature differ from His *suppositum*; nor His essence from His ex…