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Aquinas on Real Relation
Aquinas on Real Relation

Author(s): David Svoboda
Subject(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.

  • Issue Year: VI/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 147-172
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: English
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