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18 Cards in this Set
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God |
Primary instance of being nature to which all other being have focal reference as being= first efficient cause |
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first efficient cause |
god started the chain cycle of change. above matter or form since God. |
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essence vs existence |
existence= ultimate actuality of a every finite thing, and always distinct from a things nature. = being.
knowing the essence(what a thing is) will never prove a things existence.
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change |
draw something out of potentiality into actuality |
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5 way critque |
essence does not = existence
(see paper) |
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natural law |
human participation (our reason) when we reason properly, we participate partly with gods reason since reason is a divine gift. |
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soul/body |
soul= incorporeal, but denies that body in cop. so people composite.
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epistemology |
(1) corporeal things make physical impressions on the enses (2) internalized sensory perceptions transmitted to 'internal sense' __ phantasm=likeness of a thing (mental image) |
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ontology |
??? |
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Dualism |
mind and body connected and can influence each other but mind radically distinct form the body. |
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humans |
compound whose substance is both spiritual and corporeal. =ensouled bodies.
soul=living principle/rational animality
form is what makes the body human (aka soul) |
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soul |
=form=principle of intelligible activity = incorporeal |
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form |
what individualities and sustains all parts of a substance, there fore none can exist without the form. since human soul is substantial form, body cannot be separated from the soul. dualism. |
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body |
rational soul/observation created by god to allow out soul to use reason. knowledge comes through bodily experiences. |
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two ways to view world:
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sense perception thought |
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Intelligence=abstraction |
agent: abstracts from phantasm and universal ideas (the many)
passive: receives the ideas foemen in the abstract intellect
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knowledge |
take from particualrs--- which impress on your internal sense--- then able to abstract the general rule/form to have knowledge of the item.
need incorp. idea and understanding of what it is. |
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nature |
definition of a thing-- the essence. |
