In the first part of Summa theologiae St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes cognition in God, angels and human beings; he does that by comparing juxtaposing them. On one side, questions concerning divine cognition, such as identity substance, its nondiscursivity, scope or future contingents are considered articles dedicated to angels. other proper characteristics on soul, active intellect, lack inborn in...

In diesem Artikel rekonstruiere und analysiere ich kritisch den Kulturbegriff des heiligen Thomas von Aquin. Die historische Rekonstruktion dient dem Zweck, (a) die Grenzen der Kulturtheorie sowie (b) ihre Relevanz (und Vitalität im Kontext anderer philosophischer Disziplinen, einschließlich Wirtschaftsphilosophie) aufzuzeigen. Obwohl Aquin Frage Kultur in seinen Schriften nicht direkt berücksi...

The aim of the paper is to examine metaethical aspects theory natural law in Thomas Aquinas. theses that Aquinas does not reduce meaning term ‘good’ something and derive value judgements from factual. In first part, main arguments are presented favour irreducibility ‘the good’. second argument introduced a dichotomy between fact values (the difference factuals judgments)...

This essay historically explores philosophical views about the nature and significance of human sexuality, starting with the Ancient Greeks and ending with late 20th-century Western philosophy. Important figures from the history of philosophy (and theology) discussed include Sappho, Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, St. Jerome, the Pelagians, St. Thomas Aquinas, Michel de Montaigne, Rene Descart...

The classical Aristotelean distinction between moral and intellectual virtues has come to us as one of the first explicit conceptualizations a realm knowledge action. This paper intends analyze meaning that according an alternative hypothesis, namely, correspond profound understanding relation philosophical political life. analysis will be guided by relatively unclear phrónesis sophía, subtle b...