„Serca świętych zwrócone ku prawu Bożemu”. Biblijno-filozoficzne podstawy wykładni prawa Bożego w nauce św. Tomasza z Akwinu

• Authors: Biegaj Paulina

Title variants

EN

“The hearts of the saints turned to the law of God.” Biblical - philosophical basis of interpretation of the law of God in the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of our philosophical research is determination the starting point for attempts to understand the essence of God’s law and its relevance to the human way of life. We use for this purpose an analysis of selected writings of St. Thomas Aquinas. We present own selected aspects that constitute a philosophical interpretation of the law of God. We recognize the meaning and the significance, also the heart and the inside, as the primary concepts in the context of the essence of God’s law. We notice this primordiality in metaphisical aspect. We notions of cause, purpose and movement. Meaning is related to the appropriateness of existence and eternal regularity and order. It is rational order, the Logos. As a result, a person can read the meaning of one’s life and give it your decisions. The meaning as a source of law of God is entered in the human interior. This interior is a human heart. We understand it as the inner reality of human, especially in the intellectual and moral context. The biblical significance of the heart is associated primarily with concealment. What is unseen, involves what externalized, movement and action. Heart in the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas is the mind. We discuss the mutual relationship of mind, will and heart. We analyze the differences between the mind, understanding and intellect, which occur in the philosophy of Aquinas. Their common feature is rationality. The heart is what is reasonable. Rational aspect is the original. The will is also rational. Human finds the truth and the law of God not only in the external reality, but primarily in his interior.

Keywords

PL

prawo Boże; sens; natura; serce; wnętrze; umysł

EN

the law of God; the meaning; nature; heart; inside; mind

• Publisher: Naukowe Towarzystwo Tomistyczne
• Journal: Rocznik Tomistyczny
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 5
• Pages: 219-234

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Biegaj Paulina

• Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Filozoficzny