Univocity of Being

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What is Judaism’s perspective on the debate of the principle of univocity of being and whether it is true or not? I could see a non univocal argument supporting Kierkegaard’s notion of the suspension of human good to serve God’s good in the akeida

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  1. The Just Ask! - AskTheRabbi.org Team

    I am not terribly conversant with the concept of Univocity but according to my understanding I am not sure that it can be applied to Judaism easily. It is true that Rambam seems to advocate for a limited form Univocity but many of the Early Authorities disagree with him. Judaism teaches unequivocally that not all things that are applicable to God can be applied to mankind. In simple terms, God is Omnipotent and human beings are not. For example, the very first act of Creation was to form something from nothing – ex nihilo – which is something that is both completely beyond human comprehension and human abilities.

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