Archive for November 3rd, 2008
I am Weak… with Hunger
Aquinas identifies two appetites in human beings, that is, the faculty that seeks and, when found, enjoys pleasure: the sensual appetite and the intellectual appetite, the latter one of which he calls the “will.” Does this distinction correspond to the one between sensation and reflection as two ways of getting knowledge?
Posted: November 3rd, 2008 under Epistemology, Philosophy, Psychology.
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Playing Trinity
For example, cause → cause’s interest in producing the effect → effect; knower → knowledge/truth → known; lover → love → beloved. Consider especially the last one of these. First, love can be either internal as an emotion and external as a good deed. In its capacity as the former, love can be interested or [...]
Posted: November 3rd, 2008 under Metaphysics, Philosophy.
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