The Destiny of Body and Soul: St. Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle On Human Finitude A Term Paper Presented to the Faculty of Arts and Letters AB Philosophy University of Santo Tomas _________________________ In Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements in the History of Western Philosophy _________________________ Submitted By: Sem. Ariel Joseph A. Batondo ariel.batondo@yahoo.com March 2013 Table of Contents Title Page Chapter I
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Essay #1: Aquinas’ 3rd Way: Aquinas’ third way argument states that there has to be something that must exist‚ which is most likely God. He starts his argument by saying not everything must exist‚ because things are born and die every single day. By stating this we can jump to the conclusion that if everything need not exist then there would have been a time where there was nothing. But‚ he goes on‚ if there was a time when there was nothing‚ then nothing would exist even today‚ because something
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Nature vs. Nurture by Art Spiegelman I enjoy the work of Art Spiegelman. Spiegelman uses the playful medium of comic books in order to communicate his thoughts and feeling on more serious topics. He is the only person to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for a comic book. In Nature vs. Nurture Spiegelman explores the issue of gender and how much influence a parent has‚ (nurture)‚ over what is innate with a child. In this entry I will describe this comic strip and give my opinion of what
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There is a big controversy between whether inherited genes or the environment influences and effects our personality‚ development‚ behavior‚ intelligence and ability. This controversy is most often recognized as the nature verses nurture conflict. Some people believe that it is strictly genes that effect our ways of life‚ others believe that it is the environment that effects us‚ and some believe that both of these influence us. Either way‚ social scientists have been struggling for centuries deciding
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Summary of St. Thomas Aquinas’ 5 Ways of Proving God’s Existence In the thirteenth century‚ St. Thomas Aquinas formulated the famous ‘Five Ways’ of proving God’s existence. These five ways were not regarded as proofs in a scientific way but rather it is a step‚ in the sense of believing God. The ‘Five Ways’ are: First‚ The Argument of Unmoved Mover. It states that whatever is in motion is moved by another thing; that thing is also moved by something. So‚ in order to prevent continuity‚ you
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The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race To science we owe dramatic changes in our smug self-image. Astronomy taught us that our earth isn’t the center of the universe but merely one of billions of heavenly bodies. From biology we learned that we weren’t specially created by God but evolved along with millions of other species. Now archaeology is demolishing another sacred belief: that human history over the past million years has been a long tale of progress. In particular‚ recent discoveries
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more sophisticated types of contemporary progressivism‚ St. Augustine is unparalleled as an antidote to this intense power. Augustine mirrors the major Judaic-Christian perspective which shows us there are moral absolutes despite the fact that they may be faintly seen by limited‚ error prone man. It tells us that man is not the center and measure for goodness’ sake‚ yet rather God is. Rather than his Creator‚ man is described by a nature that has its "detestable" side. In view of these restrictions
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Unit 3 – Nature versus Nurture It has long been known that certain physical characteristics are biologically determined by genetic inheritance. Colour of eyes‚ straight or curly hair‚ pigmentation of the skin and certain diseases are all a function of the genes we inherit. Other physical characteristics‚ if not determined‚ appear to be at least strongly influenced by the genetic make-up of our biological parents. Other than physical characteristics‚ many people believe than how we grow and develop
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of nature versus nurture. Ones immediate surroundings define who they become later on in life. The environment plays a huge role in the development of humanity through cultivating personality‚ character‚ beliefs‚ and many different aspects in a person’s life. Different environmental influences provide for a variety of people. In terms of the literary selection Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ the author’s view on Nature vs. Nurture is that the development of an individual revolves around nature.
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Psychology The Human Genome Project‚ which has attracted its fair share of controversy‚ set out in the early 1990s to map all 25‚000 genes of the human genome ("About"). The hope was that such discoveries would provide a roadmap to the specific genes which could "allow us to accurately predict who will develop heart disease‚ become violent‚ or become homosexual" (Young). Psychologists‚ however‚ have countered this process by pointing out the importance of environmental factors to overall social
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