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Thales and Aquinas
One of the more curious statements that has been handed down to as from Thales is his claim that “all things are full of gods.” Aquinas’s notion of creaturely being as received or participated being is a kind of echo of this claim: for Aquinas, “all things are full of God.” (and here the little Thomistic voice […]
Die Philosophen…
Die Philosophen haben die Welt nur verschieden interpretiert, es kömmt drauf an, sie zu verändern. With pre-Socratic brevity, Karl Marx sums up the modern spirit at the very end of his “Theses on Feuerbach.”
Analogy in De Principiis Naturae
The end of the De Principiis Naturae seems to explicitly state that analogy is a strictly logical notion, and not a metaphysical one. After arguing that analogy involves using the same name according to related notions {rationes}, he says: The principles of those things which agree [in name] according to mere analogy are the same […]
Cartesian Symbolism
Note: this is still a draft. Descartes sets out the fundamentals of his theory of symbols in Discourse II while explaining his fourth rule of science. There he fixes on mathematics as the only science which has so far produced demonstrations.1 This leads him to consider objects of these sciences.2 He notices of the objects of […]
Thomism and Aristotelianism.
“That such a doctrine [distinction of essence and existence] is his greatest or most important philosophical doctrine, I deny: the real distinction between essence and existence is an instance (and development) of a more general and overarching principle, namely, the real distinction between potency and act, an Aristotelian doctrine. Thus, every application of the doctrine […]
Obiecta sunt Praevia Potentiis II
Aristotle’s principle “Obiecta sunt praevia potentiis” is what most divides him from the “Enlightenment” philosophers. Western philosophy since Francis Bacon (if not before) could be seen as an attempt to found one’s theory of reality upon the theory of knowledge. All of them, from Descartes’ “evil god” to the Kantian critique begin by doubting the […]
Considering a Msgr. Sokolowski’s Claim that “God is Love” is a Revealed Truth
Q: Philosophers have long noted that God is many things, particularly being, truth, beauty, goodness, and unity or oneness. What is the typical reaction of a philosopher upon hearing that “God is love”? How might a philosopher understand this concept? Monsignor Sokolowski: It would be hard to say that “God is love” apart from the […]
A Confusion about the Division of Love.
Sic ergo motus amoris in duo tendit, scilicet in bonum quod quis vult alicui, vel sibi vel alii; et in illud cui vult bonum. Ad illud ergo bonum quod quis vult alteri, habetur amor concupiscentiae, ad illud autem cui aliquis vult bonum, habetur amor amicitiae. I’m trying to figure out the difference between a love of concupiscence and […]
Notes on the Good
Two accounts of good’s nature—Quod omnia appetunt (NE I.1) Hobbes Omnibus rebus, quae appetuntur, quatenus appetuntur, nomen commune est bonum; et rebus omnibus, quas fugimus, malum. Itaque bonum bene definivit Aristoteles, illud esse quod omnes appetunt… Bonum commune esse potest, et recte dici de re aliqua, communiter bonum est, id est, multis utile, vel civitati […]
