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Intelligo Ut Credam (I Know in Order to Believe) Speaks of the influence of Aristotle on Thomas Aquinas
Title: Intelligo Ut Credam (I Know in Order to Believe) Speaks of the influence of Aristotle on Thomas Aquinas
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Intelligo Ut Credam (I Know in Order to Believe) Speaks of the influence of Aristotle on Thomas Aquinas
The influence of Aristotle on Thomas Aquinas is evident from the fact that Thomas gave - had to give - knowledge gained by human reason quite a different value from what was usual in the theological tradition. There was no disputing the fact that reason has its own independence against faith. The new desire for knowledge, for science, had to be taken seriously. Earlier theologians had proved the justification for reason alongside faith. But, as he shows …showed first 75 words of 843 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 843 total…in order to believe) stands in the foreground instead of Augustine's credo ut intelligam (I believe in order to know).4
1. T. Aquinas; Treatise on Law; pp. 63
2. H. Kung; Great Christian Thinkers; pp. 109
3. T. Penelhum; Immortality; pp.92
4. http://www.epas.utoronto.ca:8080/~loughlin/index.html
Bibliography:
St. Thomas Aquinas
Treatise on Law
Gateway, 1970
Hans Kung
Great Christian Thinkers
Continuum, 1996
Terence Penelhum (Editor)
Immortality
Wadsworth, 1973
Stephen Loughlin's Homepage - Aquinas
http://www.epas.utoronto.ca:8080/~loughlin/index.html
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