Peace and the Transcendentals: The Case of Thomas Aquinas
In both the 20th and 21st centuries, there has been a lively debate concerning beauty's transcendental status in Aquinas' thought. Nobody, however, has noticed that this debate can be replicated with peace. Peace's place vis-à-vis the transcendentals is also ambiguous. This paper argu...
| Published in: | European journal for the study of Thomas Aquinas |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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European journal for the study of Thomas Aquinas
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| RelBib Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KDB Roman Catholic Church VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Transcendentals
B Peace Studies B Thomistic metaphysics B Peace B Good |
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| Summary: | In both the 20th and 21st centuries, there has been a lively debate concerning beauty's transcendental status in Aquinas' thought. Nobody, however, has noticed that this debate can be replicated with peace. Peace's place vis-à-vis the transcendentals is also ambiguous. This paper argues that peace is not an independent transcendental, but a transcendental of the good. In peace's positive and negative rationes, union/order and rest/tranquility, it is reduced to the transcendental good. Yet through this reduction, peace adds conceptual content to ens. Inasmuch as something is, it is ordered/in union. Inasmuch as something is, it is at rest/tranquil. |
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| ISSN: | 2657-3555 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for the study of Thomas Aquinas
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2478/ejsta-2019-0002 |