Anselm’s argument of God’s existence and Aquinas objection I was in the debate team in high school. And there were times that our team would take the against side of the statement. In his famous work Prologion‚ written in 1077-1078‚ Anselm presents the idea the God exists because God is the greatest thing of all‚ that the idea of thinking of God exists prove its existence. Hundred of years later‚ Thomas Aquinas brings up the account that addresses Anselm’s idea in objection 2 of Question II‚ First
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Aquinas If we are perfectly happy we will have god in our presence and happiness is a beatific vision. Humans have deliberate will‚ which means they can make decisions based on reason rather than instinct like animals. Wealth leads to all of the other things that are believed to be needed for happiness. Two types of wealth- natural and artifical. Natural is like food‚ clothing‚ & shelter – the natural things created in nature necessary for survival. Artificial- money and cars‚ things made
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Christian philosophy is unique in the aspect that it mainly focuses on God’s position in the universe as well as God’s position in man’s life. St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas were two Christian philosophers that analyzed and interpreted the scripture and how God played his role in our lives‚ along with trying to figure out how man is to become happy and do good. Christian philosophy is not focused on self-interest‚ but mainly concentrates on doing good. This psychology of action calls people
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Morally Wrong (Natural Law Theory) Dating a man you have only known for a few weeks‚ you discover your pregnant. You inform your partner of the news to discover he does not want a family. He states that it’s your choice on what to do as long as he doesn’t have to be apart of your life or the expected child’s life. You are now left alone with the choice to raise the child alone or to have an abortion. What is morally right in this situation‚ to keep the child or an abortion? The Natural Law Theory states
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Aquinas: So what you’re saying is that good or bad fortune affects our happiness? A- Yes. In order to have a good fortune‚ one needs external or material goods‚ a position in society‚ and even good looks. However‚ if one is living life to the full according to rational nature‚ they are bound to find happiness regardless. This is why happiness is more influenced by behavior and habit of virtue than by luck‚ good and
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to find out if there is a God and who he is. According to Aquinas we will never be able to understand who or what God is. We are finite and so we cannot understand the infinity of God. We can only know He is and always will be because He has instilled that bit of knowledge within us. So when Descartes says we cannot have the idea of finite without the idea of infinite‚ he claims we understand what God is. But I would disagree and take Aquinas’ side because what Descartes is understanding is not who
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Natural law‚ when associated with the will of God‚ can have penalties that are of another world. Meaning that because some view natural law as the will of God and may say that these laws aren’t man- made‚ but rather they are basically our moral principles to follow. This can blur the line between what the law is and what we should do to be morally right. This can make it difficult to enforce natural law because Gods will can be pretty vague and hard to govern‚ since not everyone lives by the same
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18‚ 2013 Response Paper #3 In Thomas Aquinas’s On Law‚ Morality‚ and Politics‚ Aquinas agrees completely with Aristotle’s notion of natural law. Like Aristotle‚ he believes that everything has a purpose‚ which is determined and fulfilled by natural law. However‚ he makes a very clear contradiction to Aristotle’s beliefs when it comes to the issue of what the purpose of justice is. Aristotle believes that justice is the presence of all virtue‚ while Thomas believes that Justice is one thing on
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In Questions 50-52 and 71 by Aquinas‚ he discusses habits and how a habit is a “disposition of a subject which is in a state of potentiality either to a form or operation” (ST I-II‚ q.50‚ a. 1). Based on this definition‚ it shows how people are morally responsible for their habits because even though it is a disposition‚ it has the potential to form the habit‚ but it has not actually happened yet without the person’s choice. That’s an important thing to remember because sometimes habits become so
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St. Francis and Clare March 11th‚ 2013 Francis Bernardone was born in Assisi during the middle ages. His dream as a child was to become a knight. However‚ once he began to fulfill his dream‚ he realized that God was calling him to do something else so he returned home. He began to pray and read the Gospel. Later in the movie‚ St. Francis started visiting the lepers outside of the city. People started to worry about St. Francis because he was spending more time with the lepers than he spent working
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