mirror 2 Type post Author Michael Egnor Date October 17, 2019 CategoriesFaith & Science Tagged , __edited, act, Aristotle, clouds, contingency, Five Ways, goodness, grass, images, light, mirror, nobility, ontology, Plato, potency, sky, Summa Contra Gentiles, Summa Theologica, Thomas Aquinas, trees, truth Aquinas’ Fourth Way: Light in a Mirror Michael Egnor October 17, 2019 Faith & Science 7 It’s helpful, as with his Third Way, to begin with a metaphor, in order to get an intuitive feel for the proof. Read More ›
St-thomas-aquinas Type post Author Michael Egnor Date October 16, 2019 CategoriesFaith & ScienceMetaphysicsPhilosophy Tagged , __edited, Aristotle, Edward Feser, Etienne Gilson, Five Ways, Jacques Maritain, Summa Contra Gentiles, Summa Theologica, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic philosophy Reading Suggestions for Aquinas’ Five Ways Michael Egnor October 16, 2019 Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy 10 Our perspective is supported by a rigorous and elegant metaphysical framework, which began with Plato and particularly Aristotle. Read More ›
1280px-Mel_nest_stack_of_books Type post Author Michael Egnor Date October 4, 2019 CategoriesFaith & Science Tagged , __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, act, Aquinas.design, Aristotle, Big Bang, change, essential causal chain, Five Ways, general relativity, law of non-contradiction, photosynthesis, potency, Prime Mover, quantum mechanics, Summa Contra Gentiles, Thomas Aquinas Aquinas’ First Way and a Stack of Books Michael Egnor October 4, 2019 Faith & Science 12 Nature is like a stack of books, sessile, until moved. Read More ›
Descartes Type post Author Michael Egnor Date January 17, 2018 CategoriesFaith & ScienceMetaphysicsPhilosophy Tagged , __k-review, Aristotle, atheism, determinism, evil, Friedrich Nietzsche, intelligent design, law of non-contradiction, materialism, natural selection, René Descartes, Summa Contra Gentiles, Thomas Aquinas, truth Descartes’s Blunder Michael Egnor January 17, 2018 Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy 4 What is it that we are most sure of? It’s a fundamental question, the object of philosophical analysis for millennia. Read More ›
