Thomism Philosophy

The Order of Things and Triadic Metaphysical Structures of Reality

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“Thomas Aquinas makes the decisive point when he says that God is not ens summum (highest being) but rather ipsum esse (the sheer act of Being itself). God is neither a thing in the world, nor the sum total of existing things; he is instead the unconditioned cause of the conditioned universe, the reason why there is something rather than nothing” …

- Robert Baron, Centered: The Spirituality of Word On Fire

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The essence of Saint Thomas Aquinas’s Thomistic philosophy [LINK] is in his synthesis of faith and reason.

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A philosophy that harmonises Aristotelian metaphysics with Christian theology to articulate a comprehensive vision of reality anchored in Being (esse) [LINK] [LINK] and ordered towards God [LINK] as the ultimate end.

At its core, Thomism affirms that all created Beings participate in the act of Being, which is received from God, who alone is ipsum esse subsistens—subsistent Being itself (there can only be one [ LINK ]).

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Aquinas emphasises the ontological nature of Being, “The real distinction” [LINK] between essence (what is) and existence (that is), and the intelligibility of the world [LINK] through the human intellect [LINK], which is capable of knowing truth because it reflects the Divine Intellect [LINK].

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In this view, the pursuit of knowledge, particularly through natural reason and metaphysics [LINK], ultimately leads to the contemplation of God [LINK] [LINK], who is the source [LINK], sustainer, and final cause (Aristotle)[LINK] of all that exists.

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[ LINK ] - Christianity and the Power of Reason - Aristotle, Thomism Philosophy, Christian Theology, Order of Things and the Logos

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Please also watch and read:

• Order of Things - A Serious Education requires God [ LINK];

• Tribal delusion in Academia: the Treason of the Intellectuals [LINK];

• The current Age of Unreason [LINK] - and - Rejection of Truth and Common Sense [LINK];

• The betrayal of our Intellectuals and Elites - The Marxification of Education [LINK];

• How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization [LINK];

• Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind [LINK];

• Unhumans: The Secret History of Communist Revolutions [LINK];

• The Knowledge Society - The Network Topology of Knowledge [LINK]; and

• The Self-Destruction of the West - Nominalism, Materialism, Nihilism and Marxism [LINK].

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