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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Reference 6 Introduction Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) wrote about many virtues. In particular he wrote about “temperance‚ prudence‚ fortitude‚ and justice” (p 5). He wrote that he believed justice was the highest virtue and explained what justice was and why he believed justice to be the highest virtue. Aquinas (1225-1274) explained that virtues are behaviours. Virtues‚ other than justice‚ are self-serving‚ focusing only on one aspect of virtuous behavior. Aquinas (1225-1274) believed that justice
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knowledge has occupied a supreme position among human endeavors from the earliest times. In this essay‚ I will be taking a look at Aristotle’s metaphysics of causality and change and compare and contrast it with the conception of causality of Thomas Aquinas. Since Aquinas’ metaphysics cannot be understood unless we are familiar with the Aristotelian theories . . . on matter and form‚ on causality‚ and on potency and act‚”[2] I will first have to explicate the relevant parts of Aristotle’s metaphysics in
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key ideas associated with the problem of evil The key Ideas associated with the problem of evil creates an evidential problem for Christians who want to retain God’s attributes of omnipotence‚ omniscience and benevolence and that God created the world out of nothing. However due to the ‘Inconsistent Triad’ meaning that the three (omnibenevolent‚ omnipotent and omniscient) are logically unreliable. If God is omnipotent‚ he is aware of the existing evil and suffering and knows how to put a stop to
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First Thomas Aquinas argues that our existence in itself is proof that God exists‚ as we would not be “in motion” had God not been the “first mover” and put us in motion. If I correctly understand Aquinas he is saying that life would not exist had there not first been a creator‚ and with out first a creator life would not have come to be. Secondly Aquinas argues that life is a series of events that could not have brought itself in to being. Theretofore God must exist to begin the series‚ he is the
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Immanuel Kant and Thomas Aquinas were two great philosophers who developed arguments for the existence of God and taught ways of critically assessing the natural world. They both believed that we all are born the same and learn through experience. You must first experience something in order to gain knowledge by experiencing it first. This meant that people could not be certain about something until they “saw” it first. They both believed in “free will” and that everyone could make their own choices
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Divine Omnipotence and Thomas Aquinas In the evaluation of divine omnipotence‚ the natural assumption that God is capable of all things must be submitted to inquiry and close consideration. Although omnipotence is technically defined as all-encompassing‚ unlimited power‚ divine omnipotence is understood by many in a paradoxical way in the view that there are certain things that God‚ even as an ‘all-powerful being’‚ cannot do. In response to the argument that God is not omnipotent because he
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theology. Thomas Aquinas was a user of the scholastic method at its height and is best known as the author of the work "Summa Theologica". His work demonstrates the scholastic method by Aquinas’ understanding of philosophy and theology‚ using analysis and logic to make his argument‚ and posing that argument in the scholastic method form of questions then summaries. For any user of the scholastic method the first step would be to thoroughly read and understand a renowned work. For Aquinas that work
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Summary St. Thomas Aquinas devised five ways in which God is proven to be real; the first of which states that God is proven due to the motion of objects and bodies. Aquinas describes motion as “the reduction of something from potentiality to actuality”‚ giving the example that something like fire‚ which is actually hot‚ can change and move that which is cold but “potentially” hot (like a piece of wood)‚ but that it itself cannot be “potentially” hot. This argument relies on three basic claims: First
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Thomas Aquinas-- in his Treatise on Law‚ Article 3 Question 91-- considers whether or not human laws exist. Law for Aquinas is the essence of God‚ who rules the Universe (624). Human law in particular is “is a dictate of practical reason” (627). Practical reason must be preceded by theoretical reason (627). Theoretical reason moves from intelligibles to the world of scientific objects (627). Practical reason moves the world of natural scientific objects to the world of particular action (627). That
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