Essays on Aquinas

There are two main scenes in John, Chapter 4. First, Jesus is thirsty and goes to Jacob's well to drink water. But He goes to find a Samaritan woman. Jesus goes to find her. He offers her the water of life, the one that satisfies all thirst. He is a Jew, and she is a Samaritan. And in those times, a Jew did not talk to a Samaritan woman, and when Jesus spoke to her, she was surprised. Furthermore, Jesus planned to meet her there. He went there to talk to her, the meeting was not by chance. He ...

War and Peace

A state of armed conflict between societies is what is known as war. Wars are fought especially if there are disagreements between sovereigns of states on various issues like land, water and so on. Besides, wars may also be the outcome of greed to grab the land, and resources of other states or it may due to the overwhelming desire to exercise more power over a wider population. The absence war is what can be called as peace. Wars may be fought due to various reasons and some of those reasons would be just while most others may be ...

The ritual of marriage is a very important milestone in the life of an individual and, more so, in the life of an individual who is also a devout Christian. The Scripture often mentions the sanctity of marriage as well as the permanency of it in one’s life. Such descriptions have resulted in a dilemma for particular individuals who, for some unfortunate reason, have had to divorce and remarry. At present, Catholicism does not permit divorced individuals to remarry unless and until they have had their marriage annulled by the Church. While the Orthodox Catholic views on remarriage ...

People by their curious nature always wanted to find answers to all mysteries and secrets of the world. They are interested in different things and phenomena around them, look for reasons of their existence and could not pass over even the smallest details of their appearance. One of the most complicated mysteries of this universe is probably the creation of the world itself. Even in modern times humans did not manage to solve this eternal question. The truth is that it seems almost impossible to authentically explain how everything was actually created. Throughout the history there existed different theories ...

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Strikes are one of the ways in which conflicts between employers and employees become known. Although they are rare, the effects of strikes are usually major and can affect the involved parties and public for a long time. Usually, strikes are usually a last resort measure when trying to solve conflicts and are considered the most damaging to employers. Employers will therefore try to avoid strikes as much as possible opting for alternative conflict resolution measures that are less damaging to their interests such as mediation and conciliation (Gennard, Judge, Tony, & Richard, 2016). This paper will discuss conflicts in ...

The Existence of God

The world is definitely the most marvelous and exciting gift ever received. Though everyone is constantly facing various hardships along the way and has to overcome rather complicated challenges, it is still worth living for. Nothing could be compared to the possibility of admiring sunsets, walking in the rain or simply inhaling the smell of the flowers around. The whole universe is ready to present its breathtaking wonders and reveal all mysteries to those who are ready to experience the unknown and set off on an unforgettable and adventurous journey. The biggest mystery is surely the creation of the ...

I. INTRODUCTION The current use of the North-South divide in demarcating global Christian religion is not new. It originated as an economic and political convention to distinguish the First World and the Second World in the North and the Third World in the South. Thus, the churches in the North include the churches in North America, Western Europe, and the developed part of East Asia; while the churches in the South comprise the churches in Africa, South America, and the rest of Asia, including the Middle East. However, the demarcation line can arbitrary depending on the institution that creates ...

Miraculous might be the most popular elements in visual culture throughout the history. The term first appears in the religious context, and is now widely adapted in popular culture including films, TV shows, and animations, etc. Synonyms of miraculous include: supernatural, magical and marvelous etc. The audience of those miraculous visuals, whether religious or not, is always attracted to this interesting element. It is different from the violent or the sentimental since the visuals target a really wide range of audience, regardless of age, race, sex, and taste. According to Hood, “ever since we are born, we generate knowledge ...

Philosophy

Phil Comment Brian J Thomas Aquinas argues that a world without war is not an absolute value, war is necessary for the freedom of people. At the moment this statement is used by politicians all over the world, but, unfortunately, for the sake of their own goals. According to Plato people really lived under an illusion, but they tried about the true world of ideas only in vague shadows on the cave wall. This is true for the modern world, people do not know and see many things.

What can unite these philosophers?

Claude S In the 21st century the majority of people, whom ...

Fifth century Christians at large used to adhere to the ideal of traditional pacifism. Heywood (2003) defined Pacifism as “the principled rejection of war and all forms of violence as fundamentally evil” (p. 267). The pacifists hold a firm belief that no amount of logic or reason can ever justify war because a mutually exclusive relationship exists between justice and war. Back in the day, most Christians subscribe to pacifism not only as regards to how wars are viewed but also as a way of life in general. Accordingly, people were faced with a major dilemma of serving their ...

PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN NATURE

Summa theological is a theological summary that seeks to explain the relationship between God and man. The theological text explains how the reconciliation of the divine and man is made possible through Christ. The book by Aquinas cites proof for existence of the Almighty creator of the universe and outlines the activities that make the nature of the Almighty God. Then the next part, almost one half of the theological summary looks at the nature and existence purpose of the humankind. St. Aquinas writes as a philosopher who is intellectually interested in the truth. The saint writes as a ...

The posit that the human person is nothing but a body and that all its components and experiences can be explained regarding the body, without acknowledging the existence of a rational soul, forms the basis of the materialist theory (Cohen 2). The notion of materialism opposes the hylomorphic account of spirit as a reality different from matter a philosophical theory developed by Aristotle. According to Aristotle, living things are compounds of matter and form. He argues that a living thing soul (form) is what causes the existence of the body (matter) defines a soul as that which makes a ...

Philosophy

Explain the connections between pleasure, contemplation, and judgment in aesthetic appreciation. Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy; it is type of quality hypothesis or axiology, which is the investigation of sensory or sensori-passionate qualities, called judgments of sentiment and taste. Aesthetics is connected with the logic of art. Style is once in a while called "the investigation of magnificence". Judgments of aesthetics esteem depend on our capacity to separate at a tactile level. Aesthetics looks at what makes something wonderful, glorious, appalling, fun, adorable, senseless, enthralling, bombastic, empowering, grating, agreeable, exhausting, comical, or disastrous. Tactile separation is connected to ...

Philosophy and God

Philosophy and God

Abstract

The issue whether God really exist or it is just an imagination created in minds of people has been debated for centuries. Many scientists and philosophers believe that God does not exist. They have challenged believers to scientifically or logically prove that God really exists. Ontological arguments have been put in place by theology philosophers with the aim of proving, logically and scientifically, the existence of God. Philosophers such as Anselm and Aquinas have put across some logical arguments to prove that God really exists. On the other hand, some atheists such as Bertrand Russell have ...

St Thomas was a philosopher in the concept of natural law and the role of God’s justice in the legal system. Ethical arguments between lawyers and judges confront on a daily basis is suggested as an occupational profile for the professional conduct of judges and lawyers in their everyday interactions. St Thomas offers procedural comments on the criminal and civil relations as well as sentencing guidelines. In this era in which a Christian lawyer is many times faced with situations that are unethical and the modus operandi is one of questionable choices, the Christian lawyer and judge have ...

Many centuries ago, there have been arguments on whether or not there is the existence of God. These arguments are the result of atheists and believers. Atheists are people who believe that God and other supernatural beings are man-made ideas. The existence of many religions is also as a result of differences in beliefs about God. Theism, from which theistic is derived, is that belief in the existence of God or gods. From a religious point of view, a God is either a normal or supernatural being. Some religions have one supreme God while others have many gods. The ...

Natural Law

The concept of Natural law stands out in the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas. This principle is the ground of his ethics system. Aquinas builds his doctrine of natural law on his understanding of God and how He relates to creation. According to Aquinas, the law is the rule or measure of acts according to which one is set to or restrained from acting. It is dictated from the ruler to his community and is the expression of ruler’s care about the proper work of his community. Inevitably, the principles or reason which the ruler bestows upon his community, ...

In my view, God actually exists. I concur with the cosmological argument. The universe must be contingent. Human being has been so much curious to understand his existence and that of the world in general. The fact is that the world came into existence, it is contingent, and certain events and beings are casually contingent. The undoubted cause of these facts is the unmoved mover. There must have been a force behind all these, and this force is none other than the creator. In this discussion, my guiding factor is the existence of a contingent being, with an explanation for his ...

Introduction

In order to understand God from a philosophical standpoint this paper will aim at comprehensively discussing the three famous arguments of Gods existence that arouse as a result of debates between philosophers and theologians.

These arguments which will be critically examined in the text include; the ontological, cosmological and teleological arguments.

The ontological argument

This argument focuses on God as a perfect being and was formulated by one St. Anslem a catholic archbishop. He argues that God not only exists in our understanding but also in reality since for a being to be perfect it must exist in all possible circumstances. Hence a God that can exist in ...