La semantica della parola «natura» e l’essenza dinamica dell’uomo, secondo S. Tommaso
The article expounds, in a brief but direct way, St. Thomas’ commentary on the fully eight meanings of the term “nature” put forward by Aristotle in Book V of the Meta-physics (1014b 16 1015a 19). “Nature” appears as an analogous term, which needs to be stud-ied by performing two operations: listing...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2013
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Alpha omega
Year: 2013, Volume: 16, Issue: 3, Pages: 389-397 |
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| Summary: | The article expounds, in a brief but direct way, St. Thomas’ commentary on the fully eight meanings of the term “nature” put forward by Aristotle in Book V of the Meta-physics (1014b 16 1015a 19). “Nature” appears as an analogous term, which needs to be stud-ied by performing two operations: listing the ways it is used and finding the ordering principle involved. Since this principle cannot be other than psychological or also metaphysical, two ways of ordering may arise: the subjective way or “quoad nos”, and the objective way or “in se”. The first of these establishes a princeps analogatum which is no more than “denominative”; the second traces a princeps analogatum which is also “real”. The article concludes by applying this doctrine to “human nature”. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Alpha omega
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