DVOSTRUKI KARAKTER STVORENOG BIĆA KOD T. AKVINSKOG
THE TWOFOLD CHARACTER OF CREATED BEING IN AQUINAS
Author(s): Predrag MilidragSubject(s): Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Middle Ages, Contemporary Philosophy, Ontology
Published by: Filozofsko društvo Srbije
Keywords: the being; being; ens; esse; accidental character; essential character; Joseph Owens;
Summary/Abstract: In now classical article from 1958 dedicated to twofold character of Aquinas’s concept of being Joseph Owens clearly formulates the two complementary features of esse that function in Aquinas’s metaphysics, namely 1) being understood in the terms of essence, form or nature, as essential and 2) being understood as accidental, not in predicamental meaning but as something above and beyond the essence of the thing. Firmly relying on whole Owens’s work, I will try to outline the ways of understanding the meanings of esse in Aquinas, because a) two character of being are two complementary and integral components of created being, b) which are really different.
Journal: Theoria
- Issue Year: 57/2014
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 5-24
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Serbian