In the discussion of practical or moral philosophy, Aquinas had divided the discipline into three parts: that is, monastic, economic and political science....
Sorry to intrude but there is, I think, a split in the Straussian camp (actually there are several splits over different things) over the assessment of the...
Hello all, I just wanted to greet all of you a Merry Christmas. I do not have any material gifts for all of you, but I do have this, which I believe glorified...
Alleluia! Jesus is born in Bethlehem! The angels and shepherds rejoice. Thanks to all who have contributed to this list and to all members as well. God is...
Thank you Pomonomo, This is of great help, if there are any Thomists writers out there this could be a good project for a book, since it appears that no one...
Hello there, I can see from your interest in tough, deep, and important questions that you might be interested in joining and participating in my new Ontology...
... wrote: <cut> ... <cut> Gee, it must be nice to say that one stands for something and then swear not to do anything about it. It excuses one from acting...
... One need not ascribe to every libertarian position to see that the anti-war position of the libertarians is close to that of many Christians and especially...
My heart and prayers go out to the plus 100,000 people killed in a giant wave catastrophe. More than a million homeless, millions without food. I pray to God...
Hi there, You may have experienced some trouble trying to get to that new ontology group I told you about. I don't know why, but the link was slightly wrong....
Moral philosophy is concerned with human acts, or those acts deliberated by reason and committed by human will. "Now the object of the will," according to...
This teaching of St. Thomas is very important today to guard us against the fallacies of the neocon catholics who are inventing new moral theologies to suit...
MessageFrancisco What is a "neocon Catholic" and what are the "new moral theologies":?? What Political order Democrat or Republican?? Message ----- From:...
I would say that all Catholics "neo-con" or otherwise are capable of grave errors. thomism@yahoogroups.com wrote: There is 1 message in this issue. Topics in...
Dear Kevin Fitzsimmons, Everyone, Catholic, Protestant and Jew (and probably Muslems) are capable of
grave errors. Don't you remember the Garden of Eden? I...
... This is very true. Thanks, Francisco. The end never justifies the means. Accordingly, writes Aquinas, "in so far as the movement of the will is to the...
I meant to say that choice, or what Aquinas calls electio, is always refered to human acts, which, as we said before are the basis of MORAL acts. I had...
Dear Kevin Fitzsimmons, Everyone, Catholic, Protestant and Jew (and probably Muslems) are capable of
grave errors. Don't you remember the Garden of Eden? I...
I don't believe that I implied that the Pope was not given teaching authority. Did I say something to indicate otherwise? I agree that all people are capable...
Thanks for setting the record straight about this so-called "Straussian" influence in the Bush White House. Father Fortin was a great thinker and reliable ...
I was doing some research on the position of a Catholic thinker (a Jesuit professor of theology and science) on the rise, in the second half of the nineteenth...
The Jesuit thinker I referred is a generally unknown Portuguese priest, named Manuel Fernandes de Santana (or Santanna) who died in 1910. He studied and worked...
Yves R. Simon wrote a work titled "Foresight and Knowledge" in which he develops a philosophy of science from a realistic perspective. In Christ, Francisco...
Happy Feast Day to all. St. Thomas Aquinas the patron saint of Catholic education. May his brillance and humility bless us all. May we be wise in judgment. ...
20th century -- You can check out the writings of Charles De Koninck and the Laval School of Thomism, as well as the River Forest Dominicans (Benedict Ashley,...
... Charles R. McCoy gives a "Thomistic" appraisal of Leo Strauss in his essay "On the Revival of Classical Political Philosophy," which can be found in On the...
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