Английская Википедия:Actus essendi
Шаблон:Italic title Шаблон:Context Actus essendi is a Latin expression coined by Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274). Translated as "act of being", the Шаблон:Lang is a fundamental metaphysical principle discovered by Aquinas when he was systematizing the Christian Neoplatonic interpretation of Aristotle. The metaphysical principle of Шаблон:Lang relates to the revelation of God as He Who is (Ex 3:14), and to how we as humans perceive God’s essence. Aquinas elaborates on the fact that God’s essence is not perceived as sense data; rather, the essence of God can only be understood partially in terms of the limited participations in God’s Шаблон:Lang, that is, in terms of what is real, in terms of God’s effects in the real world.
Overview
Aquinas saw the metaphysical principle of Шаблон:Lang as the "act of all acts, the perfection of all perfections",[1] and "a proper effect of God".[2]
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Further reading
- Cornelio Fabro, "Participation", New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd ed. (Detroit: Gale, 2003) 10:905–910.
- Natale Colafati, L'actus essendi in San Tommaso D'Aquino (Messina, Italy: Rubbettino Editore, 1992).
- Pier P. Ruffinengo, "L'Шаблон:Lang non e ancora l'Шаблон:Lang di San Tommaso", Aquinas: Rivista internazionale di filosofia 38 (1995): 631–635.
Шаблон:Catholic philosophy footer Шаблон:Thomas Aquinas
- ↑ Thomas Aquinas, Quaestiones disputatae De potentia, question 7, article 2, ad 9. See also Summa theologiae, part I, question 4, article 1, ad 3; and Summa contra Gentiles, book II, chapter 54, no. 5.
- ↑ Thomas Aquinas, Summa contra Gentiles, book III, chapter 66, no. 4. See also Summa theologiae, part I, question 45, article 5, corpus.