Well, of course, I do not mind, since the discussion is centered on the beginning of the Summa. Just please conduct the discussion in the spirit of St. Thomas...
As I said before, considering the limits Thomas himself puts on his proofs, I don't think they can really be challenged. I teach PSR (Parish School of...
... Also known as Glossa continua super Evangelia, Saint Thomas wrote this work at the request of Pope Urban IV toward the end of 1262 or the beginning of...
This wouldn't be the summary he was working on when he died would it? That one is available in english translation. Ron ... this ... him ... Scriptures. ... of...
... No, Ron. This work has an ancient English translation (Oxford, 1842). 4 vols. Preface by Newman! The work itself was completed in Aquinas' Roman period,...
Was Newman a Thomist? Ron ... 1842). ... Aquinas' ... Paris. ... <aristotlescat@> ... the "Catena ... wrote ... the ... help ... reading ... Saint ... 39....
... John Henry Newman grew up in the English tradition of the High Anglican Church. He was first and foremost a theologian (expert on the Church Fathers) and...
I've got Grammar of Ascent waiting for me on the bookshelf, if I ever get through Apologia pro Vita Sua. Ron ... Anglican ... Church ... thomism ... was ... ...
... Yea, his Plain and Parochial Sermons are also good, not to mention his Development of Christian Doctrine, but the latter is more demanding. I have meant...
Dear Everyone, I have been meaning to get to further topics of discussion, including that of the difference between Gilson and Maritain on the question of the...
As was noted in the post "Aquinas, Esse and essence: difference in order of causality" Aquinas: "Now it is impossible for a thing's esse to be caused by its...
Article 4 of Summa Theologica: "Whether the Predestined are chosen by God?" Objection 3: "Further, election implies some discrimination. Now "God wills all men...
Let us take a good look at Thomas' explication of esse found in STh I, 3, 4, ad 2, where Aquinas says that "esse is spoken of in two modes. In one manner it...
... Hi. According to Aquinas and the Thomists, God wills each to be saved, as a good in itself, (logically) "antecedent" to his consideration of the greater...
... Yes, TAN has republished it, which is always a good sign. They indicate that the transaltion is copyright 1939. TAN claims no copyright on it. Why, are you...
James, When you say that "to be" is in reality the actuality of both form and essence. What do you signify by essence. I have been reading on essence in some...
I do not know how many years it takes to go on the public domain, I thought songs go on the public domain fifty years after the writer's demise, Disney cartoon...
... Francisco, Well, of course, I didn't say this originally, Aquinas said this. And he was simply referring (as I am) to the essence as opposed to the esse ...
Aquinas begins the Summa Theologiae as a teacher of Catholic truth (Catholicae veritatis doctor) whose purpose is to expound the sacred teaching (sacra ...
It seems to me that you are making too much of this. In fact, Aristotle says the same thing, with even the same example, in Posterior Analytics, II, 1:...
... From: James Miguez <jamesmiguez@...> To: thomism@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 9:13:35 AM Subject: [thomism] An Deus sit Aquinas...
... Some authors use this distinction in application to God's essence: the physical essence is simply God's essence as it is in its entirety, that is, roughly ...
Copyrighted 1923-1963 Books initially copyrighted in the US from 1923 through 1963 are still protected by copyright law if the initial copyright was renewed....
... respect ... << A free volition, which could have gone either way, also violates the medieval principle that whatever is moved is moved by another-- one of...