The previous post is here. Book 1 Chapter 4 That the truth about divine things which is attainable by reason is fittingly proposed to man as an object of belief. There are kinds of truth about God. Those reason can show and those which surpass human reason. If the first was the only truth about …
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The previous post in the series is here. Chapter 1. In what the office of a wise man consists The wise man according to the Philosopher is one who orders things rightly. The wise man may perhaps be skilled in the architectonic, the principal arts which govern other arts. The druggist is knowledgeable in matters …
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I intend to read Summa Contra Gentiles by Aquinas (SCG) in installments over the next 24 or so months. Periodically, I will attempt to summarize my readings here. I am doing this not to provide you, the reader, with “cliff notes,” but as an aid to my own reading and learning. I hope they are …
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