by Revista Espíritu | 152-2016
An introduction describes the meaning of temperance in the philosophy of Plato, Aristotle and the Stoa. Ambrose considered it a cardinal virtue. Thomas brings clarity by dividing temperance into integral, subjective and the potential parts. Can a virtue be opposed to natural inclinations? Temperance does not withhold us from those pleasures which are conform to reason, it concerns the pleasures of touch consecutive on operations, ordained to the conservation of the individual and the species. Contrary vices intemperance and insensitivity. An integral part is feeling shamed. Subjective parts are abstinence and fasting, chastity and purity.
Finally, the so called potential parts are mentioned such as clemency, studiousness and curiosity.
by Revista Espíritu | 158-2019
St. Thomas considers the writings of the Fathers as directly related to Scripture since these were composed under the guiding influence of the same Holy Spirit. There exists therefore a continuity of thought between the Fathers as representatives of the authority of the Apostles and the Bible.1 For this reason, one would do well to recognize how deeply St. Thomas draw upon the thought of the Fathers. In this contribution we will present the main themes within the writings of the Alexandrian and Cappadocian Fathers that have influenced St. Thomas’s own thought.
by Leo J. Elders | 118-1998
Uno de los últimos escritos de Don Carlos Cardona, fallecido cuando estaba al apogeo de su creatividad, lleva el título La metafísica del bien y del mal. El argumento de este libro trata del ser y de la acción, de la persona de su libertad, del amor y de la ordenación del amor hacia el bien. Al final de su libro el ilustre autor y filósofo nota que el término del laborioso camino de la libertad creada es la unión de amistad definitiva con Dios.
