Alexander of Aphrodisias understood the Aristotle´s Unmoved Mover as efficient cause only to the extent that it is the final cause of heaven, which by moving strives to imitate the divine rest. Aquinas seems to agree with him. However his interpretation is original and philosophically more satisfactory: God is the efficient cause of the world, not only as creator, but also as it´s ruler. In this way God is also the final cause
Against an interpretation of Saint Thomas Aquinas’s thought that understands the divine motion of th...
It is becoming increasingly more common in Christian theism to conclude that the classical predicati...
Thomas Aquinas articulated an understanding of nature that sought to maintain together the integrity...
Alexander of Aphrodisias understood the Aristotle´s Unmoved Mover as efficient cause only to the ext...
Alexander of Aphrodisias understood the Aristotle ́s Unmoved Mover as efficient cause only to the ex...
Debió de ser Alejandro de Afrodisia quien introdujo la idea de que el motor inmóvil de Aristóteles e...
This paper looks at the causal activity of the unmoved mover of Aristotle. The author affirms both t...
This paper looks at the causal activity of the unmoved mover of Aristotle. The author affirms both t...
If the prime mover must be considered as efficient cause and not only as a final cause, then one mus...
In Eudemian Ethics 8.2, Aristotle posits god as the starting-point of non-rational desire (particula...
Thomas Aquinas’s engagement with newly received Arabic commentaries on Aristotle and Neoplatonic ide...
Aquinas offered ‘Five Ways’ that are the five proofs or demonstrations near the beginning of his Sum...
Against an interpretation of Saint Thomas Aquinas’s thought that understands the divine motion of th...
It is becoming increasingly more common in Christian theism to conclude that the classical predicati...
Thomas Aquinas articulated an understanding of nature that sought to maintain together the integrity...
Alexander of Aphrodisias understood the Aristotle´s Unmoved Mover as efficient cause only to the ext...
Alexander of Aphrodisias understood the Aristotle ́s Unmoved Mover as efficient cause only to the ex...
Debió de ser Alejandro de Afrodisia quien introdujo la idea de que el motor inmóvil de Aristóteles e...
This paper looks at the causal activity of the unmoved mover of Aristotle. The author affirms both t...
This paper looks at the causal activity of the unmoved mover of Aristotle. The author affirms both t...
If the prime mover must be considered as efficient cause and not only as a final cause, then one mus...
In Eudemian Ethics 8.2, Aristotle posits god as the starting-point of non-rational desire (particula...
Thomas Aquinas’s engagement with newly received Arabic commentaries on Aristotle and Neoplatonic ide...
Aquinas offered ‘Five Ways’ that are the five proofs or demonstrations near the beginning of his Sum...
Against an interpretation of Saint Thomas Aquinas’s thought that understands the divine motion of th...
It is becoming increasingly more common in Christian theism to conclude that the classical predicati...
Thomas Aquinas articulated an understanding of nature that sought to maintain together the integrity...