The Knowableness Of God : Its Relation To The Theory Of Knowledge In St. Thomas

Introduction 5Historical 16CHAPTER I. THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE. 42SECTION I. General Principles of Knowledge 42a. Union of Subject and Objectb. Object Known according to the Nature of the Subjectc. Immateriality and Actuality of Subject and ObjectSECTION II. Theory of Intellectual Knowledge 68a. Prime and Connatural Object of the Intellectb. Active and Passive Intellectsc. Intelligible Species, Completion of the Act of KnowledgeSECTION III. Validity of Knowledge 83a. Sensible and Intellectualb. Adaequatio Rei et Intellectusc. Relativity of KnowledgeSECTION IV. Causality and Knowledge 106CHAPTER II. THE KNOWABLENESS OF GOD. 119SECTION I. Existence of God 119a. Relation between Chapters I. and IIb. Existence and Conception, Relation ofc. Existence of God -- How Known1. Ontological Argument, not by2. Demonstration, by3. Innatism of Aquinas4. Arguments to Prove Existence of GodSECTION II. The First Cause 148SECTION III. Nature of God 162a. Infinitely Knowable in Itselfb. Ontologism Rejectedc. Position of Aquinas -- God Known by His Manifestations1. Primum Ens2. Remotion, Eminence, Causality3. Analogy, Similarity, Relation4. AnthropomorphismSECTION IV. Application of Principles to: 2061. Infinity2. Omniscience3. Omnipotence4. Personality5. The Rounded Concept, Qui estEpilogue 226Bibliography 230

• | Author: Matthew Schumacher, Matthew Schumacher C S C
• | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Nov 10, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 250 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1979606579
• | ISBN-13: 9781979606578