- Whether goodness differs really from being?
Whether goodness differs really from being?
Objections
❌ Objection 1 : It seems that goodness differs really from being. For Boethius says (De Hebdom.): "I perceive that in nature the fact that things are good is one thing: that they are is another." Therefore goodness and being really differ.
❌ Objection 2 : Further, nothing can be its own form. "But that is called good which has the form of being", according to the commentary on De Causis. Therefore goodness differs really from being.
❌ Objection 3 : Further, goodness can be more or less. But being cannot be more or less. Therefore goodness differs really from being.