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    The document summarizes Thomas Aquinas's views on various areas of philosophy including metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, and politics. It discusses Aquinas's cosmological arguments for the existence of God as the first cause or ultimate ground of existence. It also outlines Aquinas's theories on knowledge, virtue ethics, the definition of beauty, and his view that God established human society and government.

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    Philosopher Metaphysics Axiology Society and Change

    Government
    Cosmology Ontology Epistemology Ethics Aesthetics

    Thomas Aquinas Thomas According Aquinas claims Aquinas’ In terms of About Aquinas says:

    Aquinas in to Aquinas that knowledge frame aesthetics, government Natural

    his Summa what is obtained ethical Thomas Aquinas science

    Theologiae, means by when the active philosophy Aquinas postulates studies

    presented being-in intellect is about focused his that God is natural things

    two versions general or abstracts a deciding the comments the maker with interior

    of the being-as- concept from best way to mostly on and the first tendency to

    cosmologica being, an image live one’s the notion of ruler of all move and

    l arguments: why he received from life. Also, beauty. states. He change. In a

    the first thinks this the senses. In Aquinas Thomas’ says that man paper we only

    cause needs to one account of ethical definition of is social and concentrate

    argument be that process, theory beauty is as political on physical

    and the explained abstraction is involves follows: animal whom changers,

    argument by the the act of both beauty is God has which means

    from principles isolating from principle- that which endowed with that we

    1
    contingency. of an image of a rule about gives speech ad exclude

    The first- essence particular object how to act- pleasure intelligence to immaterial

    cause and act of the elements and virtues- when see. live in the things from

    argument existence, that are personality Knowing community in our

    begins with what essential to its traits which beauty is not solidarity with consideration.

    the fact that these being an object are taken to the result of one another But as

    there is a principle of that kind. be good or a discursive under a Aristotle says,

    change in are, and moral to process, strong ruler. whenever

    the world, how (if at have. nevertheless there is

    and a all) these People it is an change there

    change in principle trying to activity of must be

    always the apply to use the mind. material

    effect of God (and Aquinas to Knowledge I change.

    some cause to the develop as general, for

    or causes. extent that virtue Thomas,

    Each cause they don’t, ethics, occurs when

    is itself the why they which the form of

    effect of a don’t). challenges an object,


    2
    further the without its

    cause or set legalistic matter, exits

    of causes; thinking of on the mind

    this chain analytical of knower.

    moves in a philosophy,

    series that play up the

    either never virtue

    ends or is instead.

    completed

    by a first

    cause,

    which must

    be of a

    radically

    different

    nature in

    that it is not

    itself
    3
    caused. First

    cause is an

    important

    aspect,

    though not

    the entirety,

    of what

    Christianity

    means by

    God. The

    argument

    from

    contingency

    follows by

    another

    route a

    similar basic

    movement
    4
    of thought

    from the

    nature of the

    world to its

    ultimate

    ground.

    References: Internet encyclopedia of Philosophy, encyclopedia Britannica and ceasefire magazine.

    CREATED BY: DONNA D. DORADO

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