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    THOMAS AQUINAS (C. 1225–1274) Part I‚ Question 2‚ Article 3 of Aquinas’ book Summa Theologica Article 3. Whether God exists? Objection 1. It seems that God does not exist; because if one of two contraries be infinite‚ the other would be altogether destroyed. But the word "God" means that He is infinite goodness. If‚ therefore‚ God existed‚ there would be no evil discoverable; but there is evil in the world. Therefore God does not exist. Objection 2. Further‚ it is superfluous to suppose that

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    St. Thomas Aquinas takes many of Aristotle ’s ideas from The Politics in order to create his idea of the best regime. He revisits the good and bad forms of each type of government Aristotle introduced‚ and then makes his decision that the best regime is a type of monarchy that he calls kingship. This decision stems from his definition of a king as "one who rules over the people of a city or province for the common good" (17). Kingship is beneficial because it is the rule of one person. Aquinas states

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    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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    Aquinas' 2nd Argument

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    God. Thomas Aquinas adapted a personal answer for the controversial argument. Aquinas provides five ways for the existence of God that he devised through his observations and logical analysis. His arguments provide reasoning for many people that cannot believe in faith alone but are rather searching for proof. Aquinas attempts to provide evidence in his second way by analyzing the notion of efficient cause. Thomas Aquinas deems the existence of God can be proved in his second way. Aquinas bases

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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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    natural teleology)‚ of whom’s ideas he combined with the theology of the Christian Church. Aquinas views the Soul and and Body as one integrated entity yet that human beings are more than just physical bodies but also moral people created “in God’s image” with our intellectual ability. The intellect plays a large role in Aquinas’s moral ideology‚ often working in conjunction with the will. It is defined by Aquinas to have two primary

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    philosophy that has been greatly influential. Two specific philosophers Thomas Hobbes and Thomas Aquinas‚ evaluate Aristotle’s perspective of the political nature in relation to mankind. Thomas Aquinas uses Aristotle’s principles as a foundation for his reasoning in writing “On Law‚ Morality‚ and Politics.” He modifies Aristotle argument by contributing the religious sphere into the fundamental principles of his political teachings. Thomas Hobbes‚ on the contrary‚ is a lot more critical of Aristotle and

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    St. Augustine of Hippo vs. St. Thomas Aquinas- Contradicting Views Tamanpreet Kaur Gill Grand Canyon University: PHI-305 12 October 2014 St. Augustine of Hippo vs. St. Thomas Aquinas- Contradicting Views Saint Augustine of Hippo‚ as he is most commonly referred‚ of the early fifth century and Saint Thomas Aquinas‚ of the thirteenth century‚ are considerably well-known for their philosophical and theological discoveries. Even though both are famous for venturing to integrate Christianity

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    Thomas Aquinas’ weakest argument is‚ without a doubt‚ the argument from gradation. In Aquinas’ fourth way‚ God is defined as the Absolute Being which‚ in a sense‚ is used as a yardstick for the measurement of all qualities. There is a belief that some things are better than others‚ which can be applied to all things‚ but can it really be applied to everything? Is one rose better than another if equal in age and care? Who determines which one is better? If there were two identical twins‚ is one better

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    philosophical era. One cannot understand scholars like Descartes or Locke without having some real knowledge of medieval thinking. Thus‚ in this essay‚ I wish to show that Aquinas‚ a thinker of the middle ages‚ thought on knowledge is of permanent value and that it deserves respect and due consideration for today’s discourse of philosophy. Aquinas Theory on Knowledge: His philosophy is based on the premise that knowledge and being are correlates. “In so far a thing is‚ it is knowable and in this resides its

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