by Revista Espíritu | 168-2024
According to a statement by Thomas Aquinas in his Commentary on De caelo, the study of philosophy does not consist in knowing the opinions of men, but rather in penetrating the truth of things.
An absolute interpretation of this idea would undoub- tedly lead to a distorted image of its author: a medieval master indifferent to the history of thought, who maintains that direct access to the real is the only way for philosophy to reach its goal.
Our work attempts to specify the way in which Thomas integrates the opinions of men within a traditional conception of philosophical knowledge, whose main intention is to know veritas rerum.
by Revista Espíritu | 165-2023, Uncategorized
Since its rediscovery in the first half of the 20th century, the ‘separatio’ as an intellectual operation typical of metaphysics in the thought of Thomas Aquinas has been the subject of very different interpretations. In fact, it is probably one of the most debated issues in the field of contemporary Thomism. Our work, which provides elements for an update of the status quaestionis, identifies three directions that the investigations on the Thomistic separatio have followed in recent years. We try to make known the main characteristics of these studies and leave some challenges for future analysis.
by Revista Espíritu | Uncategorized
No scholar of Thomas Aquinas questions the centrality that contemplation had in his life. “Homo magnae contemplationis et orationis”, maintained one of the witnesses in the process of canonization. Evidently, the theology of contemplation that Thomas developed early in his career is rooted in his own personal experience. However, this essential fact has not been taken advantage of by Thomist research in recent decades.
by Revista Espíritu | 160-2020
Thomas Aquinas did not comment on the Song of Songs, but his works and his own spiritual experience show a deep assimilation of these enigmatic pages of the Bible. Serge-Thomas Bonino, one of the greatest exponents of contemporary Thomism, takes advantage of the presence of the Song in the writings of Aquinate to offer a penetrating study about the use that medieval theologian makes of some themes or images of the holy book.
