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Soteriology of St. Thomas Aquinas

Christ. This theology is intrinsically connected with concepts concerning free will and the theological argument between "works" a...

Works of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Saint Augustine, and Saint Paul

appetite for sex...amounts to being enslaved" and is essentially a sin (Armstrong, 1998). Armstrong (1998) indicates that there ...

Comparison of St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine

In eight pages this research paper contrasts and compares these Christian theologians in terms of their similarities and differenc...

God's Existence Arguments of St. Thomas Aquinas

In six pages this paper examines St. Thomas Aquinas' 'proof' that God exists. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Proof Offered by St. Thomas Aquinas That God Exists

This paper examines the contingency theory and causality argument offered by Saint Thomas Aquinas in his cosmological theories on ...

Virtue, Justice, and the Common Good According to St. Thomas Aquinas

In seven pages this paper discusses how this preeminent religious philosopher defined virtue, justice, and the common good. One s...

St. Thomas Aquinas on Redemption

tradition(Microsoft Corp. 2002). This synthesis he brought into line with the Bible and Roman Catholic doctrine. What the...

Sufficient Reason Principle and St. Thomas Aquinas

supported this argument in support of Gods existence, contending that the external world is the ruling force behind the presence o...

5 Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas

be the first cause (Philosophy Online, n.d.). 3. Everything that exists at one time did not and may not at some time in the future...

Biography and Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas

The Dominicans were like the Franciscans in that they were a mendicant order wherein the friars "vowed to live faithfully in pover...

Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas on Religion and Philosophy

truth that transcends the traditional means of understanding or knowing. For Aquinas, reason does have limitations. He writes: "N...

St. Thomas Aquinas On Autonomy And Freedom

and a posterior arguments here, there is a priori knowledge of Gods existence but that knowledge is beyond human understanding. In...

Thomas Aquinas' Work

the Summa that "St. Thomas, following Aristotle, gives a perfect description and a wonderfully keen analysis of the movements of m...

Law, Power, and Politics According to Saint Thomas Aquinas

belief at the time (The Radical Academy, 2004). God gives this power to the people as a whole, not to individuals (The Radical Aca...

Epictetus and Aquinas on Nature, the Universe, and God

needs of the spirit, which were outlined through divine law (Pierce, 2002). The law of nature, Epictetus believed, was that the be...

Natural Law and Saint Thomas Aquinas

unusual for a theologian (St. Thomas Aquinas, 2002). Aquinas made many significant contributions to philosophy and specifically i...

Politics, Morality, Law, and Saint Thomas Aquinas

In five pages this report considers how Aquinas differentiated between eternal law and natural law in a discussion that also inclu...

Concepts of Saint Thomas Aquinas

has likely already noted that . Bracken (1996) suggests that what is missing from Aquinass argument is a distinction between per...

St. Thomas Aquinas' 'Second Way' of St. Thomas Aquinas -- An Argument on “in fieri” and “in esse”

In three pages this paper analyzes the 'second way' interpretation of Saint Thomas Aquinas in the presentation of an 'in esse' and...

Aristotelian Philosophy and Saint Thomas Aquinas

In eight pages this paper discusses how Aristotelian philosophy is refuted by St. Thomas Aquinas and also discusses the Summa Theo...

Critical Analysis of the 4th Proof of St.Thomas Aquinas

various things as they approach in diverse ways toward something that is the greatest, just as in the case of hotter (more hot) wh...

Comparison of Thomas Aquinas's Writings and The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

greedy for gain" (Machiavelli 56). Men, Machiavelli argued, were by nature more interested in their own good than in achieving th...

Comparative Analysis of the Philosophical Views of Thomas Aquinas and Augustine of Hippo

In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares each religious philosopher's arguments regarding man being separate from goodness a...

Existence of God According to Saint Thomas Aquinas

In three pages this paper discusses how God's existence was argued by Saint Thomas Aquinas. There is no bibliography included....

Western History and the Divine Nature of God

of souls (Frost 104). It is possible that Plato was attempting to use popular belief to promote the teaching of more profound trut...

Cantos 11 and 12 of Dante's 'Paradiso'

doubt, people during that time would have recognized. The twelve person circles are led by each St. Thomas, the Franciscan, and St...

Authority , Just War and Thomas Aquinas

of Christianity is "Thou Shalt Not Kill," and yet Christians have been killing each other, as well as non-Christians, for millenni...

God's Existence and Morality

course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...

Philosophically Considering the Existence of God

"the cauldron of competing doctrines which swirled at the heart of the early church...All medieval philosophers drew on his work, ...

'Just War' Concept

In eighteen pages this paper examines how St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine of Hippo developed the 'just war' concept and theor...