Thomas Aquinas on finality

Pitanje o svrsi vlastitoga života i postoji li svrha uopće čovjek si postavlja od pamtivijeka. Možemo reći da je pitanje o svrsi jedno od egzistencijalno najvažnijih pitanja s kojima se čovjek suočava. Na tom tragu autora ovog rada na pitanje o svrsi i svrhovitosti svega što jest nalazi u nauku Tome Akvinskog, jednog od velikana filozofske misli. No, da bi izložili Akvinčevo poimanje svrhovitosti bilo je nužno iznijeti nekoliko preliminarnih napomena o teleologiji i njezinim počecima. Štoviše, bilo je nužno izložiti i Aristotelov nauk o četiri uzroka. Naime, Aristotelov teleološki nauk prihvatio je i produbio Toma Akvinski kod kojeg nalazimo vezu između prvog uzroka pisanog maili i Prvog uzroka pisanog velikim slovom. Akvinac je jedini, kako se smatra, nauk o svrhovitosti izložio cjelovito. Drugim riječima, nauk o svrhovitosti Tome Akvinskog obuhvaća cjelokupnu stvarnost što u sebi uključuje prirodu koja nas okružuje, ali i čovjeka sa svim njegovim dimenzijama. Značaj ovako shvaćene svrhovitosti je velik jer, s jedne strane, odgovara na pitanja o ljudskoj svrsi, a samim time odgovara na specifično ljudsku potragu za srećom. S druge pak strane, objašnjava smisao, svrhu i djelovanje cjelokupne prirode koja je svrhovita. Za Tomu Akvinskog ključ svrhovitosti nalazi se u Bogu koji se razumije kao izvor života, ali i kao konačno i potpuno ispunjenje sviju svrhovitih težnji svega što djeluje prema nekom cilju, odnosno svega što jest i što bivstvuje.The question of the purpose of one's own life and is there a purpose at all the man is asking since ancient times. We can say that the question of purpose is one of the existentially most important issues that man faces. At that trail, the author of this paper, the question of the purpose and purpose of all that is, found in the teaching of Thomas Aquinas, one of the great philosophical thinkers. However, in order to exhibit the Aquinar's concept of purposes, it was necessary to present several preliminary notes about teleology and its beginnings. Moreover, it was necessary to expose Aristotel's doctrine of four causes. Namely, Aristotle's teleological doctrine has accepted and deepened Tom Aquinas, at which we find the link between the first cause and Fist cause. Aquinas is the only one, as it is considered, that exposed complete the doctrine of the purpose. In other words, the doctrine of the purposefulness at Aquinas covers the entire reality that involves the nature that surrounds us, but also a man with all his dimensions. The significance of this kind of purpose is great because, on the one hand, it answers questions about human purpose, and therefore responds to a specific human quest for happiness. On the other hand, it explains the meaning, purpose and action of the entire nature that is purposeful. For the Aquinas's key of purpose is in God that is understood as a source of life, but also as a final and fulfilment of all the purposeful aspirations of everything that acts according to some goal, or everything that is and what is being in existence