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Prologue — On the preservation of things in existence by God

  1. Whether things are preserved in their being by God, or, if all God’s action were circumscribed, would they remain in being by themselves?
    1. Whether God can make a creature able of itself to keep itself in existence independently of God?
    1. Whether God can annihilate a creature?
    1. Whether any creature ought to be annihilated or even has been annihilated?
    1. Whether the movement of the heavens ceases at some time?
    1. Whether man can know when the movement of the heavens will cease?
    1. Whether the elements will remain when the heavens cease to be in motion?
    1. Whether action and passion will remain in the elements after the heavens have ceased to be in motion?
    1. Whether plants, brute animals, and minerals will remain after the end of the world?
    1. Whether human bodies will remain after the heavenly movement has ceased?

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