Im-Mortal Man: A Comparison of the Concept in Thomism and Evolutionism
The topics related to the creation of man and to the death of human being are, undoubtedly, the most interesting issues facing the human mind. In explaining them, Christian Philosophy is strongly supported by the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, but there is also an attempt of explanation with refe...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Philosophy Documentation Center
2020
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Philosophy & theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 32, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 227-240 |
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Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274
/ Evolutionism
/ Eternal life
/ Human being
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| IxTheo Classification: | CF Christianity and Science KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages NBE Anthropology NBQ Eschatology |
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| Summary: | The topics related to the creation of man and to the death of human being are, undoubtedly, the most interesting issues facing the human mind. In explaining them, Christian Philosophy is strongly supported by the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, but there is also an attempt of explanation with referring to the process of evolution. In this article we present such an attitude elaborated by Polish Philosopher Fr. Tadeusz S. Wojciechowski. According to him the resurrection of Human Body takes place in the moment of one's death. The death is the highest degree of biological evolution in which Man reaches the eternal life. Achieving the aim of biological evolution is not equal with the reaching spiritual evolution; at least not in case of every human being. Thus, the Purgatory helps to accomplish the task of spiritual self-fulfillment, unless one's life led him to the eternal condemnation. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-828X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Philosophy & theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/philtheol20201210132 |