tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post2901953408366054314..comments2024-03-11T04:11:06.487-04:00Comments on The Smithy: Theoremata Scoti, Pars III B 2Lee Faberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00476833516234522602noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-45570194924856029652009-09-14T16:13:45.091-04:002009-09-14T16:13:45.091-04:00I suppose you're just trying to get a rise out...I suppose you're just trying to get a rise out of me, for surely you can't be overlooking the difference between a pagan idol and the true God insofar as he can be known to the natural reason, confusedly and incompletely understood.Michael Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11191322302191384384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-35741156547205746282009-09-14T14:23:00.469-04:002009-09-14T14:23:00.469-04:00Ah ha, but remember, foolish Scotist, that thou ar...Ah ha, but remember, foolish Scotist, that thou art dust, for Thomas, in one of the final questions of Summa prima pars q.13 a.10 shows that 'God' predicated of the true God and of a pagan idol are analogical.<br /><br />Respondeo dicendum quod hoc nomen Deus, in praemissis tribus significationibus, non accipitur neque univoce neque aequivoce, sed analogice. Quod ex hoc patet. Quia univocorum est omnino eadem ratio, aequivocorum est omnino ratio diversa, in analogicis vero, oportet quod nomen secundum unam significationem acceptum, ponatur in definitione eiusdem nominis secundum alias significationes accepti. Sicut ens de substantia dictum, ponitur in definitione entis secundum quod de accidente dicitur; et sanum dictum de animali, ponitur in definitione sani secundum quod dicitur de urina et de medicina; huius enim sani quod est in animali, urina est significativa, et medicina factiva. Sic accidit in proposito. Nam hoc nomen Deus, secundum quod pro Deo vero sumitur, in ratione Dei sumitur secundum quod dicitur Deus secundum opinionem vel participationem. Cum enim aliquem nominamus Deum secundum participationem, intelligimus nomine Dei aliquid habens similitudinem veri Dei. Similiter cum idolum nominamus Deum, hoc nomine Deus intelligimus significari aliquid, de quo homines opinantur quod sit Deus. Et sic manifestum est quod alia et alia est significatio nominis, sed una illarum significationum clauditur in significationibus aliis. Unde manifestum est quod analogice dicitur.Lee Faberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476833516234522602noreply@blogger.com