Whether life is properly attributed to God?
Objections
❌ Objection 1 : It seems that life is not properly attributed to God. For things are said to live inasmuch as they move themselves, as previously stated (Article [2]). But movement does not belong to God. Neither therefore does life.
❌ Objection 2 : Further, in all living things we must needs suppose some principle of life. Hence it is said by the Philosopher (De Anima ii, 4) that "the soul is the cause and principle of the living body." But God has no principle. Therefore life cannot be attributed to Him.
❌ Objection 3 : Further, the principle of life in the living things that exist among us is the vegetative soul. But this exists only in corporeal things. Therefore life cannot be attributed to incorporeal things.