omnipotence
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Alt. of Omnipotency
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Also trying to develop a theory to explain, assign or reject omnipotence on grounds of logic has little merit, since being omnipotent, in a Cartesian sense, would mean the omnipotent being is above logic.
An omnipotent being with both first and second-order omnipotence at a particular time might restrict its own power to act and, henceforth, cease to be omnipotent in either sense.
A related issue is whether the concept of 'logically possible' is different for a world in which omnipotence exists than a world in which omnipotence does not exist.
Ash'aris tend to stress divine omnipotence over human free will and they believe that the Quran is eternal and uncreated.
Essentially, Mavrodes argues that it is no limitation on a being's omnipotence to say that it cannot make a round square.
God's omnipotence appears above all in his power to create.