Monthly Archives: September 2017

Aquinas’s Arguments for the Thesis That the Science of the Most Intelligible Objects Is Wisdom.

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Rchard E. Hennessey

(This post is the ninth in a series dedicated to a sustained reading of and commentary upon Thomas Aquinas’s Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics.*) 1. In the present post I will first offer, in an at least somewhat summary fashion, the … Continue reading →

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Aquinas’s Thesis of the Identity of the Intellect Knowing and the Intellectual Object Known

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Rchard E. Hennessey

This post is the eighth in a series dedicated to a sustained reading of and commentary upon Thomas Aquinas’s Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics.* 0. In a previous post, the “Touching upon the Theory of Act and Potency,” of August 23, … Continue reading →

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Bringing in Edward Feser’s Five Proofs of the Existence of God

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Rchard E. Hennessey

Edward Feser’s Five Proofs of the Existence of God* (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2017) has been out for a few weeks now, though I received my copy, ordered in June, just a few days ago. The book commands serious reading … Continue reading →

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