tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post9119505965818375926..comments2024-03-11T04:11:06.487-04:00Comments on The Smithy: Argument for the Formal DistinctionLee Faberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00476833516234522602noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-60899512957498494372011-10-03T09:48:35.527-04:002011-10-03T09:48:35.527-04:00"they affirm that our method of abstracting o..."they affirm that our method of abstracting one aspect from another is such, that two different aspects can be taken of an object which in itself presents no real distinction of its own, to correspond with that which we mentally make. Of itself it offers to the mind a ground for drawing the distinction, but it does not do more. There is then a virtual distinction, but there is not an actual one."<br /><br />I agree with comments on the "ground". if a "ground" is "being offered" to the mind, that suggests it's already distinct, because it is prior to the mind's activity. Which is just what Scotists mean by the tag "ex natura rei".Lee Faberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476833516234522602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-20888465275125664432011-10-03T09:43:30.967-04:002011-10-03T09:43:30.967-04:00I see no argument is offered as to how the distinc...I see no argument is offered as to how the distinction of reason with a foundation in the thing is sufficient, or even how it is different from the formal distinction.Lee Faberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476833516234522602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-86548194924695492202011-10-03T06:46:34.875-04:002011-10-03T06:46:34.875-04:00You can download Rickaby's book from:
http://...You can download Rickaby's book from:<br /><br />http://www2.nd.edu/Departments/Maritain/etext/gm.htmRPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-47006159993212224642011-10-02T23:39:26.080-04:002011-10-02T23:39:26.080-04:00Good catch, thanks!
The Hickey book has its merit...Good catch, thanks!<br /><br />The Hickey book has its merits, but a bibliography or clear citations are not among them. I might have thought of Google myself, though. Oh well.Michael Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11191322302191384384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-90728647295673751012011-10-02T23:26:31.240-04:002011-10-02T23:26:31.240-04:00Found the Rickaby citation --
John Rickaby, Gener...Found the Rickaby citation --<br /><br />John Rickaby, General Metaphysics, Benzinger (1890) p. 108.<br /><br />Rickaby does have a work called First Principles of Knowledge; but this passage seems clearly from the General Metaphysics. (General Metaphysics is available at Google Books.)Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698839146562734910noreply@blogger.com