Posted in Anselm, Aquinas, Bible, History, Mind/Body, metaphor, philosophy, tagged epistemology, skepticism, aristotle, metaphysics, forms, realism, nominalism, John on July 10, 2008 | No Comments »
The whole realist/nominalist argument among the Medieval philosophers often seems arcane and pedantic to us post-moderns. I mean, who cares if the form is in the thing or somewhere else? The whole idea of a form in things is way too “spooky.” Reality is given to us; we don’t need forms right? Well, without answering [...]
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For Aquinas for man to make any statement concerning the nature of the Triune God he ipso facto speaks analogously. He is ontologically the Father but he is not a father as defined in human terms. Men predicate things of God’s nature based on his/her own experience of creation; therefore man’s knowledge of God is [...]
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According to Gordon Fee Paul’s language of redemption, propitiation, reconciliation, etc. is metaphorical because, “for Paul salvation is an especially theological reality, in the sense that it is both a reflection of God’s character and the result of God’s initiative.” [1] In as far as salvation is a reflection of God’s character [...]
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