Here is the second Sadler's Lectures podcast in the series on Thomas Aquinas' famous Five Ways. This one examines an argument based on efficient causality

https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologiae-the-second-way-to-prove-gods-existence
#Podcast #Philosophy #Causality #Thomism #Aquinas #FiveWays #Metaphysics #Theology #God #Argument

Here's the first Sadler's Lectures podcast episode in a new set on Thomas Aquinas' famous Five Ways. This one is on the first, an argument for God's existence from motion or change

https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologiae-the-first-way-to-prove-gods-existence
#Podcast #Thomas #Aquinas #FiveWays #Argument #God #Causality #Philosophy

Here's the last video in the set on Thomas Aquinas' Five Ways. This one, fittingly enough (pun intended) looks at that Fifth Way, and a bit at Thomas' response to objection 2 in that article

https://youtu.be/m5f4sBzfOUQ
#Video #Aquinas #FiveWays #Design #Argument #Philosophy #God

Here's the next core concept video in the set on Thomas Aquinas' "five ways". This fourth one presents an argument based on degrees of being (and goodness, truth, nobility. . . and heat)

https://youtu.be/JKfJcXe2kec
#Video #Thomas #Aquinas #FiveWays #Argument #Causality #Degrees #God

Here's the next video in the new set on Thomas Aquinas' famous Five Ways. With the third way, the argument structure gets a bit more complex.

https://youtu.be/7RGBczpIMJg
#Video #God #Aquinas #Thomism #FiveWays #Necessity #Possibility #Argument #Medieval

Here's the second in the new series of core concept videos on Thomas Aquinas' "five ways". Which one is this one? I expect you can easily guess!

https://youtu.be/SYlr3oV7wjo
#Video #Aquinas #God #Argument #Cause #Efficient #Proof #Philosophy #Theology #FiveWays

I'm creating some new core concept videos going through each of Thomas Aquinas' "Five Ways". I'll be providing them to my students as resources in Foundations of Philosophy. Here's the first one!

https://youtu.be/IpnTC0tBBAI
#Video #Philosophy #Aquinas #Theology #God #Argument #Causality #Metaphysics

📢#OutNow in #OA: 'Having Too Much: #Philosophical Essays on #Limitarianism' by Ingrid Robeyns (ed.).

'Having Too Much' is the first academic volume devoted to #limitarianism: the idea that using #economic or #ecosystem resources should not exceed certain limits. This concept has deep roots in #economic and #political thought.

One can find similar statements of such limits in thinkers such as #Plato, #Aquinas, and #Spinoza. But this book is the first time in contemporary #political #philosophy that #limitarianism is explored at length and in detail.

Including some of the key published articles as well as new chapters, 'Having Too Much' is necessary reading for scholars and students of #politicaltheory and #philosophy, as well as anyone interested in questions of #distributivejustice.

Access this OA title for free or get a hard copy at https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0338

“For #Aquinas, #God is not a being in the universe. Therefore #science, which observes and categorizes the material world, cannot adjudicate questions about God’s existence. He is not something existing alongside us but the source and sustainer of everything in existence, including the #universe itself. So it is no wonder scientific investigation has not found him lurking somewhere deep in the recesses of the #cosmos.”
https://thefederalist.com/2023/03/09/st-thomas-aquinas-responds-to-modern-atheists-cartoon-version-of-the-creator-in-what-is-god/

" ... Over time, the altruist can come to rely on flattery of their nobility and power to motivate their giving and refuse to feel compassion for anyone who cannot repay their self-regard. With practice, the grief and solidarity highlighted by #Aquinas can be suppressed, as the altruist stops believing that they are themselves vulnerable to loss and may also need help from others. Finally, the altruist may come to believe that the ultimate problem is that #altruists are not in charge."

Here is the last of the new set of Sadler's Lectures podcast episodes focused on Thomas Aquinas' discussions of anger (for now). This one looks at types of anger
https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologiae-three-types-of-anger
#Thomas #Aquinas #Anger #Podcast #Philosophy #Emotion #Theology #Psychology #Aristotle #Ethics

Which is more serious a moral problem? Anger or hatred? Here's a Sadler's Lectures podcast episode looking at Thomas Aquinas' answer to that question

https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologiae-anger-hatred-and-seriousness
#Podcast #Thomas #Aquinas #Anger #Emotion #Hatred #Ethics #Morality #Philosophy #Theology

One of the questions that Thomas Aquinas considers in his treatment of anger is whether or not that emotion has the same "object" as does justice. Here's a Sadler's Lectures podcast episode examining that!

https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologiae-angers-and-justices-objects
#Anger #Justice #Aquinas #Emotions #Philosophy

Are the emotion of anger and the human capacity for reason simply opposed, or are there connections between them? Here's a Sadler's Lectures podcast episode looking at Thomas Aquinas' answer to that!

https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologiae-anger-and-reason
#Podcast #Aquinas #Philosophy #Anger #Reason #Ethics

Continuing on with the Sadler's Lectures podcast episodes on Thomas Aquinas' discussions of anger in the Summa Theologiae, here's one looking at how anger is connected with goodness and badness

https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologiae-goodness-badness-and-anger
#Podcast #Thomas #Aquinas #Anger #Emotion #Philosophy #Ethics

Starting a new set of Sadler's Lectures podcast episodes focused on Thomas Aquinas' discussions of anger in the Summa Theologiae. Here's the first one of them!

https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologiae-anger-as-specific-or-general-emotion
#Podcast #Thomas #Aquinas #Anger #Philosophy #Theology #Emotion #Ethics #HumanNature

An argument:
1. False propositions are mistakes.
2. A mistake must be made by someone fallible.
3. Therefore, false propositions are made by fallible beings (& do not exist in the divine mind or Platonic heaven).

See: #Aquinas, On Truth, 1.10; Port-Royal Logic, 2.7

#philosophy

The 13th century #Dominicanerkerk (dominican church) in my hometown #Maastricht, now a national #heritage site, served multiple functions throughout the years (from a snake exposition, & bike shed, to a venue for Carnaval celebrations). It's current function, a bookstore, including a #medieval #mural depicting the life of Thomas #Aquinas, is by far my favorite, & I always visit it when I go back home for the holidays ❤️ @medievodons @histodons @renaissance

5/ And if Christian marriage, as a #sacrament (and as articulated by #Aquinas), involves the couple offering up their bodies as mutually-received sacrifices, transformed into "one flesh" and as a locale for the Holy Spirit to work God's grace—reflecting the work of God in the #eucharist—then we have to consider if a same-sex union is consistent with that teaching. It is my conviction that it is.

"She Herself [was] more holy than anyone after Christ."
—St. Thomas Aquinas, sermon 𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (Lent 1273)
#Aquinas