ABSTRACT
Generally, Scotus prioritizes the notion of infinity over that of simplicity: that is to say, he believes that divine infinity explains divine simplicity. But some of his proofs for divine infinity require one claim about divine simplicity, namely that there is some sense in which the attributes of the supreme nature are the same as it is: specifically, as Scotus sees it, God’s knowledge needs to be identical with his essence. I explained this requirement at the end of the previous chapter. Scotus refrains from labelling the first being ‘God’ until the proof of the infinity of this being: again, I take it, a sign of the importance Scotus accords to this notion. 1 As we shall see in chapter 6 §4, a great deal of Scotus’s distinctive account of divine simplicity is argued for on the basis of divine infinity too.
