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Work #1223 · Late

The End for Which God Created the World

Jonathan Edwards
c. 1755 (composed); 1765 (posthumous publication) · English
Theological-philosophical treatise · Calvinist-Reformed / Puritan-American / Theological aesthetics

Edwards's 1765 posthumous treatise — God's glory as the proper final cause of creation

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Attribute The End for Which God Created the World (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Revelation
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Discrete

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

The End for Which God Created the World

The c. 1755 composition; the 1765 posthumous publication.

Space

The End for Which God Created the World

The American-Puritan-systematic-theological setting.

Matter

The End for Which God Created the World

The created material world as proper-manifestation of divine glory.

Observer

The End for Which God Created the World

The Edwardsian believer-theologian as proper-philosophical-religious subject.

Energy

The End for Which God Created the World

The divine-creative-philosophical energies of manifesting glory.

Information

The End for Which God Created the World

The systematic theological-philosophical content of the treatise.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The End for Which God Created the World

The treatise has been variously assessed — defenders see major mature-Edwards theological-aesthetic achievement, critics worry about specific philosophical-theological claims about divine self-glorification.