Aquinas on Ontology, Knowledge, and the Existence of God
Ontology
The sensory experience teaches us that there are beings that exist by themselves. This defines their essence or substance, their “quiddity.” Their form allows us to have a concept of substance and matter, unlike individuals of the same species, which can explain the change. They are composed of matter and form. Matter is the potential, and the form is the act of the subject, according to Aquinas. Thomas takes part in creation; God created the world, and therefore there exists a being who
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Socrates: Method and Intellectual Morality
Socrates, the Athenian, born in 470 BC, was a great critic of the Sophists. He was concerned about the moral vacuum into which the polis of Athens fell because of infighting. A critic of the superficial rhetoric of the Sophists, he advocated for direct dialogue as a philosophical method. His teacher was Archelaus. He left no writings of his own. What we know of him comes from his disciples and contemporaries. He was accused of impiety, of introducing new
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Foundations and Nature of Religious Education
*Pedagogical Reasons for the Nature and Role of the School*
– Transmit culture systematically and critically. The school provides the specific service of “culturizing” systematically through an ongoing, ordered process, carried out with scientific rigor. It also fosters critical awakening so that the process of student socialization is consistent, responsible, and free. A true cultural formation is transmitted systematically and critically:
- To help students
Key Concepts in Philosophy: From Parmenides to Sartre
Way of the Path of Truth or Reason
In Parmenides, this refers to rejecting false information from the senses and following thought to get a true understanding of being.
Way of the Views or Opinions
In Parmenides, this wrongly relies on data from multiple senses and does not reach knowledge.
Substantial Change or Entity
It is an exchange rate in which being is completely transformed. There are two types of substantial change: birth and death.
Catharsis
Purification.
Categories
Pure a priori concepts of understanding:
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Defining Moral Emotivism
Ethics under which the foundation of moral experience is not found in reason but in the sense that the actions and qualities of people awaken in us. We use the name of moral emotivism to characterize the position of Hume, but his writing is not on moral emotivism. He opposes moral rationalism advocated by most previous philosophers, particularly by the Greek philosophers.
Definition of Moral Utilitarianism
With the generic name of utilitarianism is cataloged a set of ethical
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Ethical Theories
Ethical theory is the reflection of morality. It involves investigating the origin and desirability of different moral codes, suggesting where our behavior should be directed. It analyzes the consequences of our moral actions and helps us navigate moral dilemmas. Fundamental moral action, although this does not cause problems.
Different Ethical Theories
There are many ethical theories. We can distinguish three main groups:
- Ethical Ends: This focuses on the purpose or consequences we