Download or read book The Theory of Natural Appetency in the Philosophy of St Thomas written by Gustaf Joseph Gustafson and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Theory of Evil in the Metaphysics of Aquinas written by Mary Edwin DeCoursey and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-11-26 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a metaphysical investigation, a study of the nature of evil, the modes in which it finds expression, and its relation to cause, as revealed in the metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas. Although the problem of evil is one of the most urgent and vital questions of our time and Thomistic philosophy indicates the most satisfactory answer, the apologetic possibilities of the subject have been subordinated to its metaphysical aspects. The most important is the treatment of goodness, for without the good, no study of evil is possible.
Download or read book A Philosophy of Poetry Based on Thomistic Principles written by John Alphonsus Duffy and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Franciscan Institute Publications written by and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reframing Providence written by Simon Maria Kopf and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-26 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The doctrine of providence, which states that God guides his creation, has been widely conceived in action terms in recent theological scholarship. A telling example is the so-called Divine Action Debate, which is largely based on two principles: (i) providence is best conceptualised in terms of divine action; and (ii) divine action is best modelled on human action. By examining this debate, and especially the Divine Action Project (1988-2003), which led to the 'scientific turn' of the debate, this study argues that theo-physical incompatibilism, as a corollary of this 'framing' of providence, can be identified as a main reason for the current deadlock in divine action theories - namely, the assumption that just as human (libertarian) free action presupposes causal indeterminism, so, too, does divine action in the world presuppose causal indeterminism. Instead of recalibrating the much-discussed non-interventionist objective divine action (NIODA) approaches, Simon Maria Kopf advocates a 'reframing' of providence in terms of the virtue of prudence. To this end, this book examines the 'prudential-ordinative' theory of Thomas Aquinas and contrasts it with the prevalent 'actionistic', or action-based, model of providence. In this process, Kopf discusses, among other topics, the doctrine of divine transcendence, primary and secondary causation, natural necessity and contingency, and teleology as essential features of this 'prudential-ordinative' theory. How these two approaches fare when applied to the question of biological evolution is the subject of the final part of this book, which revisits the controversy between Stephen Jay Gould and Simon Conway Morris over what would happen if one were to rerun the tape of life.
Download or read book Primary and Secondary Precepts in Thomistic Natural Law Teaching written by R.A. Armstrong and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never before in the history of mankind has there been a period when hitherto accepted moral principles have been more severely tested. The agonized cry of a world smitten by two major wars in a handful of years leaves no doubt in the minds of many that natural law ethics, ifit is to have relevance and to survive, must provide at least the outline of an answer to the problems of every day living. To date, many hundreds of books and articles have been written setting forth with great eloquence the basic and immutable principles of natural law ethics. But too often these discussions fail to consider, in their agonizing detail, situations where there is a choice between conflicting values, conflicting loyalties, conflicting ideas and duties, each of which has a claim to recognition. It is only in the isolation of the particular case that the frightening dilemmas of natural law can be most clearly experienced. To give just two illustrations.
Download or read book A Comparative Analysis of Cicero and Aquinas written by Charles P. Nemeth and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Comparative Analysis of Cicero and Aquinas, Charles P. Nemeth investigates how, despite their differences, these two figures may be the most compatible brothers in ideas ever conceived in the theory of natural law. Looking to find common threads that run between the philosophies of these two great thinkers of the Classical and Medieval periods, this book aims to determine whether or not there exists a common ground whereby ethical debates and dilemmas can be evaluated. Does comparison between Cicero and Aquinas offer a new pathway for moral measure, based on defined and developed principles? Do they deliver certain moral and ethical principles for human life to which each agree? Instead of a polemical diatribe, comparison between Cicero and Aquinas may edify a method of compromise and afford a more or less restrictive series of judgements about ethical quandaries.
Download or read book The Philosophy of Happiness According to St Thomas Aquinas written by Robert J. Sheehan and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thomistic Principles and Bioethics written by Jason T. Eberl and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alongside a revival of interest in Thomas Aquinas' thought (Thomism) in philosophy, this book reveals its contemporary relevance when addressing certain complex, morally difficult, issues in bioethics.
Download or read book Beauty in the Pseudo Denis written by Caroline Canfield Putnam and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pseudo Dionysius and the Metaphysics of Aquinas written by O'Rourke and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-10-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Aquinas' encounter with Pseudo-Dionysius can be discovered an integral philosophy of reality — a comprehensive vision of existence, depicting the universe in its procession from and return to the Absolute, according to each grade of reality, including man, its place in the hierarchy of being. The point of divergence is the primacy attributed, in turn, by the authors to the Good or to Being as a universal principle. Against this background the present work investigates the influence of Dionysius with respect to the central themes of Aquinas' metaphysics: knowledge of the Absolute, and its nature as transcendent; Being as primary and universal perfection; the diffusion of creation; the hierarchy of creatures and return of all to God as the final end. This is one of the few studies to date which considers in a comprehensive way the relation between these remarkable thinkers. By concrete example and continual reference it illustrates both the pervasive influence of Pseudo-Dionysius and the profound originality of Aquinas.
Download or read book Subsistent Accident in the Philosophy of Saint Thomas and in His Predecessors written by Raymond G. Fontaine and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Deficient Cause of Moral Evil According to Thomas Aquinas written by Edward Cook and published by CRVP. This book was released on 1996 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Natural Law Jurisprudence in U S Supreme Court Cases since Roe v Wade written by Charles P. Nemeth and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since America’s founding, natural law principles play a critical role in the development of rights and human dignity. Commencing with the notion that rights are derived from a higher, metaphysical power over mere promulgation and human legislation, the natural law advocate sees law and human rights in the context of a more perpetual and perennial philosophy. Coupled with this is the view that natural law provides a series of undeniable precepts for human operations or a natural prescription for human life based on the natural order. Hence early court cases tend to emphasize the “natural” versus the unnatural and just as compellingly argue that the natural order, aligned with the eternal law, delivers a measure for human action. Earlier US Supreme Court cases often use this sort of language in granting or denying rights in certain human activity. As a result, a survey of some of the most significant landmark cases from the Supreme Court are assessed in Natural Law Jurisprudence in U.S. Supreme Court Cases since “Roe v. Wade” and, by implication, those cases which seem to disregard these fundamental principles, such as the slavery decisions, are highlighted.
Download or read book The Connotations of Wisdom According to St Thomas Aquinas written by Mary Louise O'Hara and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prudence Integrating the Moral Virtues According to Saint Thomas Aquinas written by Joseph Alvin Burroughs and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Social Distance According to St Thomas Aquinas written by Rawley Myers and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
