Philosophy 32

Question 0

Since the time of Boethisus, what had opinion been divided over?

Answer 0

Whether the universal was real in the Platonic or the Aristotelian sense

Question 1

What pairing are given for Augustine, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas

Answer 1

Augustine followed Plato in ideas of a devalued physical world, while Aquinas followed Aristotle in his regard for nature

Question 2

What does “the soul was in a sense all things” mean?

Answer 2

Soul = mind. It’s through in knowing that we can access all things, knowledge is the key.

Question 3

Where can Aquinas’s impact on Western thought be found?

Answer 3

In his conviction that the judicious exercise of man’s empirical and rational intelligence could now serve the Christian cause

Question 4

What reciprocal relationship is given for Philosophy and Theology?

Answer 4

Philosophy could enhance the spiritual understanding of theological matters just as theology could enhance the philosophical understanding of worldly matters

Question 5

What is the “one great summa” Aquinas sought?

Answer 5

The scientific and philosophical achievements of the ancients could be brought within the overarching vision of Christian theology