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Thomas Aquinas on Human Nature
In this thesis I will examine St. Thomas Aquinas’s treatment of human nature and connect my findings with his conception of the ultimate end o f human existence. As a theologian St. Thomas held the position that man’s ultimate goal is happiness or beatitudo - which consists in the vision of God. …
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Prudence in Aristotle and ST. Thomas Aquinas
… closest to the way of life of the gods. For St. Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle is the Philosopher. In treating of prudence, Aquinas follows Aristotle very closely especially in his Commentary on Aristotle’s 'Nicomachean Ethics He teaches that prudence is a virtue of the practical intellect that is …
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Thomas Aquinas on the Nature of Singular Thought
… of the intellectual cognition of singulars, Aquinas claims that the intellect cognizes singulars by way of mental images. Some recent commentators have claimed that Aquinas' appeal to mental images is inadequate to account for the intellectual cognition of singulars because mental images …
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Traces of Otherness in St. Thomas Aquinas' Theology of Grace
This dissertation looks into the work of St. Thomas Aquinas and addresses his theology of grace through the lens of the postmodern concern for the other. The first chapter sets up the postmodern view using Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida to draw out the fundamental grounding for the concern …
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Saint Thomas Aquinas and the Modern Theory of Economic Welfare
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External sense cognition in the Summa contra gentiles of Thomas Aquinas
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Contemplation and the Human Animal in the Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas
<p>This dissertation explores how, according to Thomas Aquinas, the operations of the sensitive soul are necessary for ordinary (i.e., not mystical) human contemplation, and for the acquisition of knowledge which precedes contemplation.</p><p>The sensitive soul is the soul possessed by all sentient …
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The role of sensus communis in Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Locke and Kant
… Communis" in the Philosophy of Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Locke, Leibniz and Kant. The conception of the "Sensus Communis" was first introduced in the field of psychological study by Aristotle. In the De Anima, after he examined the function of each peripheral sense-organ of sight, hearing, …
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The Influence of Thomas Aquinas’ Concept of Createdness on Josef Pieper’s Moral Philosophy
… best understood by reference to the theology of Thomas Aquinas, and specifically Aquinas’ concept of the created human person. Pieper uses Aquinas’ theological anthropology to argue for three actions which respond to the reality of being created: giving assent to having been brought into …
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THE RESUSCITATION OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS: CATHOLIC BIOETHICS AND ABORTION IN THE UNITED STATES
… I analyze the work of prominent Church father, Thomas Aquinas, and suggest that the official teachings of the Catholic Church should be revised in order to be more consistent with his moral theology.
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Thomas Aquinas, the real distinction between esse and essence, and overcoming the conceptual imperialism
"Thomas Aquinas, The Real Distinction Between Esse and Essence, and Overcoming the Conceptual Imperialism of Metaphysics" treats the relation between thought and being within medieval metaphysics, especially as it relates to the distinction between essence and existence. The dissertation argues …
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Moses Maimonides and Thomas Aquinas on the Good Life: From the Fall to Human Perfectibility
… from the perspectives of Moses Maimonides and Thomas Aquinas.<br/>By sketching a broadly characterized Aristotelian view of the good life and noting the common structure that their accounts share with their ancient philosophical forebear, we can identify certain important features lacking in …
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Thomas Aquinas on the Metaphysical Nature of the Soul and its Union with the Body
<p>In this dissertation I examine Thomas Aquinas’ account of the metaphysical nature of the rational soul and its hylomorphic union with the body. Aquinas simultaneously holds that the rational soul is the substantial form of the human being and that it is an incorporeal subsisting thing that …
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Metaphysics as a science in the "Summa Contra Gentiles" of St. Thomas Aquinas.
The general historical study of the works of St. Thomas under the aspect of metaphysics has for its purpose the reconstruction of Thomistic metaphysics. This thesis is a contribution to that study. In its present form it is concerned with metaphysics as a science as exposed in the Summa Contra …
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Toward Creaturely Value: God's Inner Processive Life and the Intrinsic Value of Creatures in Thomas Aquinas
… and scholastic theology through the work of Thomas Aquinas. In chapter 1, I explicate the thesis and the methodology and build a case that Aquinas’s speculative, metaphysical, and theological clarification provide the substructure for creaturely value. In chapter 2, I argue that Aquinas’s …
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