PATEROS CATHOLIC SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT The effects of Gadgets in the Academic Performance of IV – St. Thomas Aquinas SY 2012 – 2013 I. INTRODUCTION What are the possible effects of gadgets in the academic of the students of St. Thomas Aquinas? Is it positive or is it negative? Both sides are possible. It can be positive in the view of the students but negative on the view of the teachers. Either way‚ the researchers wants to view all
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Summary: Thomas Aquinas brought forth the belief of reliance to God through looking at natural law. To begin‚ relation to practical reason distinguishes the Law of Nature‚ which is self-known. Aquinas states that anything self-known is known either in itself or in relation to us‚ mainly focusing on the portion of known in itself. Those things known in itself are known when its ending belongs to the intelligible meaning of the subject. Although‚ sometimes‚ those ignorant to the subject do not see
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such a state of mind can be obtained. Two such works‚ Boethius’ The Consolation of Philosophy and St. Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica‚ although written over seven hundred years apart‚ posit the Christian notion of God as an integral part of human happiness. Differences between the two philosophies come to light when one compares the Platonic ideals of Boethius to the Aristotelian basis of Aquinas’ thoughts. However‚ although both works are excellent examples of theological and teleological thought
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Thomas of Aquinas proved it using his Five Ways. He proved that God is the Unmoved Mover‚ He is the Uncaused Causer‚ He is the Necessary Being‚ He is the Perfect Being‚ and He is the Perfect Designer. I agree with St. Thomas of Aquinas that God really exists‚ because He created‚ guided‚ protected and loved me unconditionally. I can feel Him always by my side‚ watching
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Words Mean” Thomas Aquinas’ assertion to the idea first developed by Aristotle “in composing and dividing … truth and falsity are found” debates the existence of these forces in the first place and then remarks that truth and falsehood are in opposition to each other. However‚ just as truth exists in the intellect but “the intellect does not know truth except by composing and dividing through its judgment.” it is clear that falsehood is found in the exact same way. Truth‚ as defined by Aquinas‚ is the
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In class we discussed Thomas Aquinas’s idea of the hyman act. Which there are two parts of the human act that Thomas discusses. The first being external‚ the physical appearance. The second part‚ which is the internal‚ the psychological side. The external part is how we express ourselves in a physical matter‚ like what we wear‚ our hygiene‚ and many different ways to examine someone by their physical appearance. the external part of the human act is almost like a personal brand. We learned
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To start off‚ the Declaration of Independence mentioned many issues that were addressed by both Thomas Aquinas and Jean Jacques Rousseau‚ and especially by John Locke. The Declaration of Independence text begins as: “We hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal‚ that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights‚ that among these are Life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”. (Archives.gov‚ 2015) The Declaration of Independence and the Constitutions
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scripture stands alone as all that is needed for trusting and obeying God perfectly. The Catholic Church argues that Sacred Tradition is as equally important as Sacred Scripture is for understanding and responding to the call of salvation. St. Thomas Aquinas views Sacred Tradition not as an “addition to Holy Writ [scripture]‚ but something gathered from it”. However‚ this thought hinges on the idea that what the Catholic Church has gathered is completely accurate and truly reflects that of the actual
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Evaluate the claim that the soul is distinct from the body (June 2011) There are two main theories which argue either for or against the soul being distinct from the body. The first theory is called dualism‚ most dualists believe that we as humans are made up of two parts‚ the physical body and then the soul. Compared to the other main theory which is very different to Dualism‚ Materialism. Materialists believe that we are just 1 aspect‚ which is physical and that the physical can explain everything
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After reading Aquinas’s “The Five Ways” I found that his second way‚ the argument of causation‚ is the most fitting to Descartes belief about the existence of god. In my opinion‚ this argument holds the most truth because it supports what Descartes speaks upon in is third meditation. Descartes states that he himself could not have invented the idea of god. He then raises the question of what within himself allows him to believe that there is a god. Descartes cannot recall when the idea of a god first
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