Aquinas on the Fixity of the Will After Death

Aquinas holds that after death, the human soul can no longer change its basic orientation either toward God or away from him. He takes this to be knowable not only from divine revelation but by purely philosophical reasoning. The heart of his position is that the basic orientation of an angelic will...

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Auteur principal: Feser, Edward (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Wiley-Blackwell 2023
Dans: New blackfriars
Année: 2023, Volume: 104, Numéro: 1114, Pages: 651-667
Sujets non-standardisés:B Heaven
B Action
B Aquinas
B Death
B Will
B Angels
B Hell
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Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
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Résumé:Aquinas holds that after death, the human soul can no longer change its basic orientation either toward God or away from him. He takes this to be knowable not only from divine revelation but by purely philosophical reasoning. The heart of his position is that the basic orientation of an angelic will is fixed immediately after its creation, and that the human soul after death is relevantly like an angel. This article expounds and defends Aquinas's position, paying special attention to the action theory underlying it.
ISSN:1741-2005
Contient:Enthalten in: New blackfriars
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/nbfr.12867