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... .1 That does not mean that evil does not exist , or is merely an illusion , or that we need only deny its existence , as do the Christian Scien- * Translated by Mrs. Gordon Andison . 3 tists , to make it disappear . Evil does St. Thomas ...
... .1 That does not mean that evil does not exist , or is merely an illusion , or that we need only deny its existence , as do the Christian Scien- * Translated by Mrs. Gordon Andison . 3 tists , to make it disappear . Evil does St. Thomas ...
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Jacques Maritain. 3 tists , to make it disappear . Evil does exist in things , it is terribly present in them . Evil is real , it actually exists like a wound or mutila- tion of the being ; evil is there in all reality , whenever a thing ...
Jacques Maritain. 3 tists , to make it disappear . Evil does exist in things , it is terribly present in them . Evil is real , it actually exists like a wound or mutila- tion of the being ; evil is there in all reality , whenever a thing ...
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... exists , is real and efficacious , it is in this that appears to us evil's metaphysical mon- strosity . The whole spectacle of things is that of a procession of things good , of a procession of goods , wounded by non - being and produc ...
... exists , is real and efficacious , it is in this that appears to us evil's metaphysical mon- strosity . The whole spectacle of things is that of a procession of things good , of a procession of goods , wounded by non - being and produc ...
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... exist ; fire would not be gen- erated if [ according to the Physics of old ] air were not corrupted , and the life of the lion would not be preserved were not the ass put to death ; and there would be no occasion to won- der at God's ...
... exist ; fire would not be gen- erated if [ according to the Physics of old ] air were not corrupted , and the life of the lion would not be preserved were not the ass put to death ; and there would be no occasion to won- der at God's ...
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Jacques Maritain. suffering persecution , did the iniquity of per- secutors not exist . " - That is why St. Igna- tius prayed that his Company should be perse- cuted to the end of the world : which pre- supposes persecutors to accomplish ...
Jacques Maritain. suffering persecution , did the iniquity of per- secutors not exist . " - That is why St. Igna- tius prayed that his Company should be perse- cuted to the end of the world : which pre- supposes persecutors to accomplish ...
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Saint Thomas and the Problem of Evil: Under the Auspices of the Aristotelian ... Jacques 1882-1973 Maritain No preview available - 2021 |
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absence absque actu act of choice agendo agent agere aliquod angel AQUINAS LECTURES Aristotelian Society autem cause of evil consideret considering the rule craftsman crea created free created freedom debitum deficient Descartes dicitur divine motion doctrine efficacious grace essence evil consist evil of action evil of free ex hoc exist fact failure fallible finem free act free action free and voluntary Georges Sorel hoc quod igitur voluntas inquantum insofar intelligent creature ipsa Jacques Maritain lack Leibnitz line of evil Malo malum MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY metaphysical modo moral evil natural order naturally impeccable ness nihil non-acting non-being non-consideration omission peccatum morale person philosophy primary cause privation PROBLEM OF EVIL proprium motivum rationem rule of reason ruler Scholasticism secundum sequitur simple negation Sorbonne suffering supernatural order tamen tendit things Thomas Aquinas Thomas says thomistic tion ture universe of freedom velle volun voluntarium voluntary and free voluntary non-considera whole
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Page 40 - Dicendum quod, sicut dictum est, voluntas sine adhibitione regulae rationis vel legis divinae, est causa peccati. Hoc autem quod est non adhibere regulam rationis vel legis divinae, secundum se non habet rationem mali, nec poenae, nec culpae, antequam applicetur ad acturn.
Page 43 - ... bonum, et tamen voluntas in illud tendit quasi in proprium bonum. Hic autem ordinis defectus voluntarius est ; nam in potestate ipsius voluntatis est velle et non velle ; itemque est in potestate ipsius quod ratio actu consideret vel a consideratione desistat aut quod hoc vel illud consideret. Nec tamen iste defectus est malum morale ; si enim ratio nihil consideret vel consideret bonum quodcumque, nondum est peccatum quousque voluntas in finem indebitum tendat ; quod jam est voluntatis actus.
Page 19 - Without fallible freedom there can be no created freedom; without created freedom there can be no love in mutual friendship between God and creature; without love in mutual friendship between God and creature, there can be no supernatural transformation of the creature into God, no entering of the creature into the joy of his Lord. Sin, — evil, — is the price of glory.
Page 41 - ... et principaliter invenitur; et rationabiliter, quum ex hoc actus moralis dicatur quia voluntarius est. In actu igitur voluntatis quaerenda est radix et origo peccati moralis. «Videtur autem hanc inquisitionem consequi difficultas. Quum enim actus deficiens proveniat propter defectum activi principii, oportet praeintelligere defectum in voluntate ante peccatum morale. Qui quidem defectus, si sit naturalis, semper inhaeret voluntati ; semper igitur voluntas in agendo moraliter peccabit, quod actus...
Page 43 - Dicendum quod voluntarium dicitur quod est a voluntate. Ab aliquo autem dicitur esse aliquid dupliciter: uno modo directe, quod scilicet procedit ab aliquo inquantum est agens, sicut calefactio a calore; alio modo indirecte, ex hoc ipso quod non agit...
Page 40 - Dicendum quod malum habet causam deficientem aliter in rebus voluntariis, et naturalibus. Agens enim naturale producit effectum suum talem quale Ipsum est, nisi impediatur ab aliquo extrinseco ; et hoc ipsum est quidem defectus eius.
Page 43 - Alio modo, indirecte, ex hoc ipso quod non agit ; sicut submersio navis dicitur esse a gubernatore, inquantum desistit a gubernando. Sed sciendum quod non semper id quod sequitur ad defectum actionis, reducitur sicut in causam in agens, ex eo quod non agit ; sed solum tune cum potest et débet agere. Si enim gubernator non posset navem dirigere, vel non esset ei commissa gubernatio navis: non imputaretur ei navis submersio, quae per absentiam gubernatoris contingeret. «Quia igitur voluntas, volendo...
Page 22 - In that case, what is the cause of evil of action ? What, in the order of metaphysical connections, is it that causes free action to be bad, or, if I may be allowed to express it this way, bitten by nothingness? This is a particularly difficult problem. I believe St. Thomas is the only thinker who has considered it in all its difficulty, and I think the solution he proposes is one of the most original of his philosophical discoveries.
Page 41 - Si autem defectus sit voluntarius, jam est peccatum morale, ui jus causa iterum inquirenda restabit ; et sic ratio in infinitum deducet. Oportet ergo dicere quod defectus in voluntate praeexistens non sit naturalis, ne sequatur voluntatem in quolibet actu peccare ; neque etiam casualis, et fortuitus; non enim esset in nobis morale peccatum; casualia enim sunt impraemeditata et extra rationem. Est igitur voluntarius, non tarnen peccatum morale, ne cogamus in infinitum procedere.
Page 41 - Relinquitur igitur quod morale vitium in solo actu voluntatis primo et principaliter invenitur ; et rationabiliter, quum ex hoc actus moralis dicatur quia voluntarius est. In actu igitur voluntatis quaerenda est radix et origo peccati moralis. « Videtur autem hanc inquisitionem consequi difficultas. Quum enim actus deficiens proveniat propter defectum activi principii, oportet praeintelligere defectum in voluntate ante peccatum morale. Qui quidem defectus, si sit naturalis, semper inhaeret voluntati...
