3 Human Nature According To Augustine And Aquinas

Front 1

The core of ancient philosophy is _________, while that of medieval philosophy is ________ (the philosophical science of God).

Back 1

cosmology; theodicy

Front 2

…___ is the center of medieval thought, no wonder that most of the philosophers during this time are saints, great saintes.

Back 2

God

Front 3

Who are the flag-bearers or prominent figures of the medieval philosophy?

Back 3

St. Augustine & St. Thomas Aquinas

Front 4

Medieval philosophy starts with ___ _________. Some commentators say he is the last philosopher of the ancient period. But this is misleading because that title is reserved for ________, a major philosopher in the ancient world.

Back 4

St. Augustine; Plotinus

Front 5

No doubt, "___ _________ is the first great Christian philosopher" and the main authority in the medieval period.

Back 5

St. Augustine

Front 6

Evil comes into the world not because it is part of God's creation, but because of man's ____ ____. (Augustine)

Back 6

free will

Front 7

___ is responsible for the existence of evil, not God, for God cannot will it; He is Absolute ________, says Augustine.

Back 7

Man; Goodness

Front 8

Man cannot will to be saved; his _________ depends on the grace and mercy of God.

Back 8

salvation

Front 9

For Augustine, God's grace has it's locus in the ______.

Back 9

Church

Front 10

To Augustine, salvation happens only through conversion symbolized by one's submission to the Church and her sacraments. Thus, in effect, Augustine is saying that without the Church, there is no _________.

Back 10

salvation

Front 11

Man for Augustine, "is not a ____ only nor a ____... Only when ____ and ____ are in union can we speak of man."

Back 11

body; soul; body; soul

Front 12

___ _________ (354-430 A.D.)

Back 12

St. Augustine

Front 13

___ ______ _______ (1224-1274)

Back 13

St. Thomas Aquinas

Front 14

…the monumental works of St. Thomas, namely _____ __________ and _____ ______ ________.

Back 14

Summa Theologica; Summa Contra Gentiles

Front 15

___ ______ asserts that man is substantially united body and soul.

Back 15

St. Thomas

Front 16

For Aquinas, man is an embodied soul, not a soul using a body, as _____ claimed.

Back 16

Plato

Front 17

Human life here is understood by Aquinas in his doctrine called _____________.

Back 17

participation

Front 18

This, to Aquinas, can happen in a doctrine he calls ____________. It is God alone, for Aquinas, who has the exclusive authority to __________ life.

Back 18

annihilation; annihilate

Front 19

It is through animation that the soul _____________ the actual body. And the two become one _________. (Aquinas)

Back 19

substantiates; substance

Front 20

The soul, however, is unified with the body for its lower activity, i.e., _________. (Aquinas)

Back 20

sensation

Front 21

In simple terms, a _________ essentially exists by itself. (Aquinas)

Back 21

substance

Front 22

For Aquinas, God is the only substance; God is the only ____-__________ Being.

Back 22

self-subsisting

Front 23

Because it (the soul) is immortal, its higher powers such as _________ and ____ “must remain in the soul after the destruction of the body.”

Back 23

intellect; will

Front 24

Unlike the ______ who viewed man from the standpoint of their understanding of the world, Saints Augustine and Aquinas view man from the standpoint of their metaphysical advertence of God's existence.

Back 24

Greeks

Front 25

In the light of their theodicy, Augustine and Aquinas, more or less, _____________ the pagan philosophy of the Greeks concerning human nature.

Back 25

Christianized

Front 26

According to Augustine, _________ is made available by the Church and her sacraments.

Back 26

salvation