Y2K has come and gone, but the world is still here. This brings us to a reflection on time. And so let us consider what St. Thomas Aquinas, in conjunction...
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JMiguez@xx.xxx
Jan 2, 2000 4:34 pm
In a message dated 1/2/2000 10:25:02 AM Central Standard Time, JMiguez@... ... The above sentence should read: And it would have to be from these first and...
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J.L.A. West
jlawest@xxxxxxx.xxxxx...
Jan 4, 2000 6:15 pm
Dear Mr. Revenga, Sorry to trouble you again. I was just wondering if, having met him personally, you could give me some insight into Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange's ...
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James Miguez
kxd7050@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 4, 2000 7:09 pm
... I was just wondering if, having met him ... I was hoping you would ask that question, for it is the same thing that came to my mind, concerning the...
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James Miguez
kxd7050@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 5, 2000 4:47 pm
Either one hypothetically accepts the fact that there is a God, or demonstrates his existence as in the five ways (STh I, 2), or one believes it to be so in...
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J.L.A. West
jlawest@xxxxxxx.xxxxx...
Jan 5, 2000 6:44 pm
Perhaps a couple of clarifications are in order. ... COMMENT Certainly, Aquinas' distinction between what is self-evident in itself and what is self-evident to...
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Anthony Crifasi
crifasi@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 5, 2000 11:07 pm
... I don't think the latter has anything to do with the fact that Aquinas lived in a theo-centric age. The infinite regress argument is taken straight from ...
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James Miguez
kxd7050@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 5, 2000 11:19 pm
... I thank you for your reply, Anthony, as the list as sure been quiet lately. But I did not mean to imply that the "infinite regress argument" was strictly...
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James Miguez
kxd7050@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 5, 2000 11:51 pm
... If one were to conduct a detailed investigation into reason why some people accept Aquinas' demonstrations for the existence of God, yes, the points you...
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J.L.A. West
jlawest@xxxxxxx.xxxxx...
Jan 6, 2000 3:10 pm
Yes, I understand and agree with all your comments here James. I was just raising some related points which came to mind. On Anthony's comment about Aristotle...
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James Miguez
kxd7050@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 6, 2000 3:11 pm
I have written a few posts concerning Creation and Existence in the preceding days or week. This is my express purpose to treat of Aquinas' philosophical...
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J.L.A. West
jlawest@xxxxxxx.xxxxx...
Jan 6, 2000 4:21 pm
The article I referred to is: Record 27 of 33 in The Philosopher's Index (1940-1999/09) TI: St Thomas, Aristotle, and Creation AU: Dewan,-Lawrence SO:...
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J.L.A. West
jlawest@xxxxxxx.xxxxx...
Jan 6, 2000 4:29 pm
... I see no reason for agreeing with Gilson, that the real distinction is only foound only once we get to Avicenna and Aq. This means we would have to say...
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James Miguez
kxd7050@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 6, 2000 7:36 pm
... I was not really attributing such a statement to Gilson; rather, it was more my interpretation of him. Perhaps you could specify more, or cite the list...
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J.L.A. West
jlawest@xxxxxxx.xxxxx...
Jan 7, 2000 1:41 pm
... I did not intend to say that you got Gilson wrong. Rather, the position you are describing is certainly Gilson's, or at least the one commonly ascribed to...
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James Miguez
kxd7050@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 7, 2000 2:51 pm
On the distinction of esse and essence as a background to Aquinas' view of creation. 1) Aristotle"s God is a god who is a First Mover, but for all that he is ...
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James Miguez
kxd7050@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 7, 2000 2:54 pm
... I certainly would not be adverse to any newly-discovered facts. Sincerely, James...
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J.L.A. West
jlawest@xxxxxxx.xxxxx...
Jan 7, 2000 3:49 pm
... This doesn't seem to be quite precise. An eternal world is admitted by Aquinas as being possible, from a philosophical perspective. We only know of...
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J.L.A. West
jlawest@xxxxxxx.xxxxx...
Jan 7, 2000 6:19 pm
The text of B. I have in mind is De Hebdomadibus, "diversum est esse et id quod est." Thomas' commentary on this in his Expositio seems to suggest that B. has...
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James Miguez
kxd7050@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 7, 2000 8:22 pm
... Fair enough. I let go a slip of the pen here, for I added on something I should not have said. However, I do not think that Aristotle really ever had an...
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James Miguez
kxd7050@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 7, 2000 8:27 pm
... Well one thing we can say at this point is that Boethius obviously distinguished between the two, essence and esse. Now whether or not he drew out all the...
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J.L.A. West
jlawest@xxxxxxx.xxxxx...
Jan 7, 2000 8:48 pm
Certainly, I agree that it is difficult to hold that the historical Aristotle had a view of creation, but since our concern is with Aquinas, it is worth being...
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J.L.A. West
jlawest@xxxxxxx.xxxxx...
Jan 7, 2000 8:51 pm
... COMMENT: Certainly, I would not say he drew out ALL consequences. But the distinction is there. Gilson and his followers tend to say that Boethius treats...
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James Miguez
kxd7050@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 8, 2000 3:09 am
... It would seem that the relative importance of Boethius' distinction would hinge upon a strict historical understanding (Aquinas is not the arbiter here)...
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James Miguez
kxd7050@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 8, 2000 3:29 am
Aristotle understood metaphysics as a science whose proper subject was being QUA being. Yet it must be said that according to Aristotle to know being as such,...
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James Miguez
kxd7050@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 10, 2000 2:45 pm
The king of all effects in Aquinas' book is ESSE. And while it may be true to say that not all Thomists everywhere have always understood this; nonetheless it...
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maxim faust
tsumix@xxxxxxx.xxx
Jan 11, 2000 10:26 pm
Mr. Miguez, Your recent reflections have prompted me to detail a few notions I have left by the way. The following is a brief consolidation of my ...
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James Miguez
kxd7050@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 12, 2000 3:41 pm
Aquinas' view of philosophy is very a "heliocentric" vision of existence, or esse. The treatment on this subject is to be found in STh I, 104, 1--where ...
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James Miguez
kxd7050@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 12, 2000 3:50 pm
... The above sentence should of course read: Aquinas' view of philosophy is very much an "heliocentric" vision of existence, or esse. In Jesus Christ, James...
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James Miguez
kxd7050@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 13, 2000 3:17 am
... Dear Maxim Strictly speaking, (as you probably well know) a modern exegesis of the Hebrew Scriptures and the term "bara" would entail a different method ...
