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Matter as a Cause of Knowing in Aquinas and Lonergan

by Br. Dunstan Robidoux OSB In conformity with Aristotle’s understanding of human cognition, Aquinas argues, with respect to human cognition, that “it is as ridiculous to say, the soul alone […]...

Form as a Cause of Knowing in Aquinas and Lonergan

by Br. Dunstan Robidoux OSB When commenting on Aristotle’s Metaphysics, Aquinas repeats what Aristotle says that form (forma) is ratio.  Cf. Sententia super Metaphysicam, 8, 1, 1687.   Form is an […]...

Essence in Aquinas and Lonergan

 by Br. Dunstan Robidoux OSB   Given a certain indebtedness that one finds in both Aquinas and Lonergan toward Aristotle, one best attends to developments in meaning as regards essence […]...