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Analogy
- Attribution
  - Talking about God by referring to the things God has created
    - God created people in the universe so we can look at his creation to learn about God - For example, Sam is good so God is good.
- Porportion
  - Goodness is proportionate to the object
    - A dogs goodness is proportionate to its nature and a Human's goodness is proportionate to its nature
      - A persons goodness is greater than a dog because a human is proportionately greater than a dog
According to Aquinas, everything has a distinct nature – a purpose which it must fulfil.
God's goodness is a greater version of humans
- God is infinitely greater than humans so his love is infinitely greater than ours
God is not a magnified version of us
- Rather, God has the necessary qualities to bring out the goodness, wisdom and love in his creation
  - We can attribute humans goodness to God
Aquinas is trying to show that it is possible to talk meaningfully about God by attributing qualities we find in people to God, as Creator.
- “God is Good” means that God has the qualities necessary to bring about goodness in people – not that God is a moral being like you or me.
  - This avoids having to talk about God in human terms.

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