Aquinas on Real Relation
Aquinas on Real Relation
Author(s): David SvobodaSubject(s): Theology and Religion
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: Relation and its foundation; Aquinas; order
Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with Aquinas’s conception of a real relation. It is divided into four main parts. First, I explain some important characteristics of Aquinas’s theory of relation, namely the legacy of Aristotle as the main source on which Aquinas draws. Second, I explain the formal cause of relation. Third, I deal with the issue of two metaphysical components of a relation. Finally, I argue that a relation and its foundation are really distinct.
Journal: Acta Universitatis Carolinae Theologica
- Issue Year: VI/2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 147-172
- Page Count: 26
- Language: English