Form, essence and matter in Aquinas’ early work De ente et essentia. Notes to the metaphysical foundation of Aquinas’ psychology

• Authors: Slováček Petr
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

The article analyzes the role of matter (materia prima) in the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, from both the systematic and historicalphilosophical aspect. It shows that Arab tradition (Avicenna and Averroes) and its interpreters from the first half of the 13ᵗʰ century played an important and very complex role in his reception of philosophical tools derived from Aristotle. The article also presents the process by which Aquinas was able to unite hylomorphism with the metaphysical theory of real distinction esse/essentia, which paved the way for a non-dualistic conception of man.

Keywords

EN

matter; form; esse/essentia distinction; physics; metaphysics; Thomas Aquinas; Avicenna; Aristotle; soul; human being

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
• Journal: Logos i Ethos
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 2(39)
• Pages: 59-95

Contributors

author

Slováček Petr

• Palacký University in Olomouc

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