Тома Аквино и Маймонид относно възможността за позитивно именуване на Бог
Thomas Aquinas and Maimonides – on the affirmative propositions about God

Summary/Abstract: The current text discusses the views of Thomas Aquinas and Maimonides on the positive attributes concerning God in the light of Aquinas’ explicit criticism against the via negativa in Summa Theologiae. In order to do this, first, we discuss some Aquinas own views concerning positive attribution about God. Famously the Dominican author calls for a knowledge of the substance of God based on analogy between the Creator and the creation. Aquinas holds that God can be known as the first principle of all being and thus names attribute something about God. Secondly, we will mention the objections against Maimonides and how the negative theology to is its extreme, rules out any knowledge about God. Lastly, we will take a look at Maimonides’ own views. Seemingly, Thomas misunderstands Maimonides’ position. Even though positive attribution is impossible about the substance of God itself, nevertheless, positive attributes refer to God’s actions towards creation. However, since God is completely transcendent, knowledge about his substance is strictly speaking impossible.

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