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Thomas Aquinas' distinctive theology and philosophy and how it differed from the ancient Greek thinkers are examined in seven page...
of souls (Frost 104). It is possible that Plato was attempting to use popular belief to promote the teaching of more profound trut...
18). Harrison (2006) credits Aquinas as being the "major figure" in the reintroduction of Aristotelian concepts into Western cul...
like the male philosophers of the day. She was the exception. While by and large, the people saw women as having a subservient pla...
reason provides a means of discerning action that is "according to nature" (77). He also cites Augustine in stating that there are...
In twenty two pages this paper defines sacrament in this overview of the origins of the Christian Sacraments and considers theolog...
the universe reveals that the natural world provides a graduated scale of existence, from lower beings to those that are higher or...
The Dominicans were like the Franciscans in that they were a mendicant order wherein the friars "vowed to live faithfully in pover...
course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...
and bring the concept back to reality, most people know someone who gets wonderful grades in school, but does not have a lick of c...
human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...
belief at the time (The Radical Academy, 2004). God gives this power to the people as a whole, not to individuals (The Radical Aca...
unusual for a theologian (St. Thomas Aquinas, 2002). Aquinas made many significant contributions to philosophy and specifically i...
has likely already noted that . Bracken (1996) suggests that what is missing from Aquinass argument is a distinction between per...
I want to do? Are there really any obligations which reach me from outside the realm of my own desire? To put it into a more pithy...
In eight pages this paper discusses how Aristotelian philosophy is refuted by St. Thomas Aquinas and also discusses the Summa Theo...
Hylemorphism's preference over materialism in philosophy is examined from the metaphysical perspectives of Thomas Aquinas and Aris...
of Christianity is "Thou Shalt Not Kill," and yet Christians have been killing each other, as well as non-Christians, for millenni...
philosophy itself has changed" (#47) over the centuries (47). This field no longer seeks universal truth and wisdom, it is little ...
Dominican Order)," dedicating his life to following his Orders commitment to both scholarship and ministry (Honderich, et al 43). ...
truth that transcends the traditional means of understanding or knowing. For Aquinas, reason does have limitations. He writes: "N...
New Testament is diverse and encompasses multiple and, sometimes, conflicting perspectives. One of the most intriguing of these ...
The entitled issue and 24 other issues are discussed in this essay. The issues are related to theology including fundamental theol...
In six pages this paper presents the arguments of Karl Rahner regarding philosophies on the individual according to Aquinas and Lo...
In ten pages this research paper discusses the philosophical arguments of Jean Paul Sartre, William James, Michel de Montaigne, Th...
In seven pages the views of Plato, Thomas Aquinas, and Thomas Hobbes are compared and contrasted in a consideration of whether or ...
greedy for gain" (Machiavelli 56). Men, Machiavelli argued, were by nature more interested in their own good than in achieving th...
conclusion that "a being than which none greater can be conceived can be conceived to be greater than it is," which is "absurd" (A...
choice of Adam and Eve to disobey Gods commandment (Law, 2007). According to Augustine, their acts brought about two crucial conse...
derives from the fact that it seems as if it had a familiar or conventional meaning. One might be tempted to try a nonliteral int...