Answering the Objection of Anachronism
Ed Feser gives a nicely articulated hermeneutic principle, stated below:"The arguments of great philosophers of the past need to be understood, not only in the context of their times, but also in light...
View ArticleIn Conceptione Immaculata B. Mariae Virginis
Immaculate Conception with Saints Francis and Jerome, Augustine, Bernard, Thomas Aquinas and BonaventurePIERO DI COSIMO(b. 1462, Firenze, d. 1521, Firenze)INEFFABILIS DEUSPope Pius IXApostolic...
View ArticleQuantity: Most Accident of Them All?
1) "Accident" is said of many.2) "Accident" is not said univocally.3) "Accident" is not said equivocally.4) Therefore,"accident" is said analogously.5) Names are used analogously in virtue of some...
View ArticleFall 2009 Papers
Here are the links to the papers (with brief summaries) that I wrote this semester. 1: "Omne Quod Movetur, Ab Alio Movetur: An Exposition of St. Thomas Aquinas's Demonstrations for the Beginning of a...
View ArticleIn Die Nativitatis Domini
Duccio di Buoninsegna, Nativity (1308-11), National Gallery of Art, WashingtonProclamation of the Birth of Christ The twenty-fifth day of December. In the five thousand one hundred and ninety-ninth...
View ArticleFirst Encounters With NNLT
- Prolegomena, a general thought:Where philosophers disagree most is about the principles of things, and the order in which to apply principles when giving a causal explanation of common experience. An...
View ArticleReflection on Nicomachean Ethics, Book I
A few random reflections on EN I.“Nevertheless, even in these circumstances the quality of fineness shines through, when someone bears repeated and great misfortunes calmly, not because he is...
View ArticleSome Notes on St. Thomas Aquinas’s Sententia Libri Ethicorum, Liber I,...
St. Thomas, awesome as always. Would like your comments.Lectio 1. In his prooemium, St. Thomas provides a division of the sciences with an eye to discussing the division of philosophia moralis. What is...
View ArticleAnalogy of "Good" and Rather a Friend of Truth
A portion of my continuing reflections on St. Thomas's commentary on the Ethics.St. Thomas argues (Sent. Libri Ethicorum, I, Lect. 6) that “good” is said analogously both through the ten categories and...
View ArticleScientia Media
In his preface to Newton's Principia, Cotes igives a syllogistic argument for the attraction of all planetary bodies towards the sun that could be construed as a syllogism in “scientia media” form (the...
View ArticleIntrinsic and Extrinsic Measurement
John of St. Thomas, Cursus Theologicus, q.10, d.9, distinguishes two types of measurement: EXTRINSECA est, quae mensurat aliquid extra se, et ideo per applicationem, vel continentiam illius dicitur...
View ArticleDraft Introduction
So, you're not supposed to write the introduction first. Yeah, right. A twofold purpose is what I can see: 1) help me to focus my thoughts, and 2) help you all focus yours so that I can benefit from...
View ArticleDignity of the Person
What I would like to start investigating and understanding is the role of "person" in ethical thought. Need one start at a theological level to argue for the dignity of a person? Is dignity a...
View ArticleRIP Dr. Berquist
Today, on this feast of All Souls, Dr. Marc Berquist died peacefully in his home with his family praying the rosary about him. May he now be sharing in God's vision. R.I.P."...Of course much the same...
View ArticleNotes on Beginning the Science of Metaphysics
The following comprises a very brief sketch of how to begin the science of metaphysics as I understand it thus far, in light of my study under John Nieto. Anything that is true and clear, herein, must...
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