Tag: Thomas Aquinas
Essence and Existence in Modern Science
St. Thomas laid the intellectual groundwork for modern natural science — the absolute distinction between existence and essence.
Essence and Existence: The Cornerstone of Thomistic Metaphysics
I can describe anything you like in whatever detail you like, but you can’t know whether it exists or not merely by its description.
Aquinas’ First Way and a Stack of Books
Nature is like a stack of books, sessile, until moved.
Introducing Aquinas’ Five Ways
In my ongoing debate with biologist Jerry Coyne, frequent reference is made to Aquinas’ Five Ways, particularly to his Prime Mover argument.
Evolution Has Not Been Kind to Jerry Coyne
The design we infer in nature is an insight we abstract from our senses, but the inference itself is acquired by our reason.