Reconsidering the Necessary Beings of Aquinas's Third Way
Surprisingly few articles have focused on Aquinass particular conception of necessary beings in the Third Way, and many scholars have espoused inaccurate or incomplete views of that conception. My aim in this paper is both to offer a corrective to some of those views and, more importantly, to provi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2012]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2012, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 219-241 |
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| Summary: | Surprisingly few articles have focused on Aquinass particular conception of necessary beings in the Third Way, and many scholars have espoused inaccurate or incomplete views of that conception. My aim in this paper is both to offer a corrective to some of those views and, more importantly, to provide compelling answers to the following two questions about the necessary beings of the Third Way. First, how exactly does Aquinas conceive of these necessary beings? Second, what does Aquinas seek to accomplish (and what does he accomplish) in the third stage of the Third Way? In answering these questions, I challenge prominent contemporary understandings of the necessary beings of the Third Way. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v4i1.315 |