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Akzidenzien

English translation: staples, basics, necessities


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German term or phrase:Akzidenzien
English translation:staples, basics, necessities
Entered by: jerrie
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10:30 May 18, 2002
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Art/Literary - Religion / religion
German term or phrase: Akzidenzien
Wie kann Gott Leben haben, wenn er nicht die Akzidenzien wie Essen, Trinken, usw hat?
MSH
Local time: 17:38
How can God have life (be alive) if he doesn't have the staples (for survival)
Explanation:
of food, drink, etc.

Instead of staples/ could you necessities, basics
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jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:38
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4PredicatesChris Rowson
4How can God have life (be alive) if he doesn't have the staples (for survival)
jerrie
4How will God live, if he's denied access to perquisites like food and drink, etc.?xxxbrute


  

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How will God live, if he's denied access to perquisites like food and drink, etc.?


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How can God have life (be alive) if he doesn't have the staples (for survival)


Explanation:
of food, drink, etc.

Instead of staples/ could you necessities, basics

jerrie
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Local time: 17:38
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Predicates


Explanation:
How can God be living if he does not have the predicates of life such as eating and drinking etc..

I am not really happy with the sentence: I think the idea here is not that God can´t live without eating because he will starve, but that one cannot have the experience of life without the experience of waht is essential for life.

The idea is relevant for the consideration of human-like artificial intelligence: you can´t build a machine that thinks anything like a human, because it does not have the experiences which are essential to living beings.

but I think "predicates" is a good word for "Akzidenzien". Hope this helps.

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