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This 7 page paper delves into problems, presented by a student, concerning St. Thomas Aquinas's position on a variety of subjects. Kant plays a major role in the discussion. Other philosophers are mentioned and subjects broached include creationism, evolution, and man's reasoning abilities and limitations. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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philosophical statements, and challenging statements made by Aquinas. How would such an interaction proceed? The following questions and answers reflect this type of hypothetical problem: 1. Kant
starts with the account of the seven days in Genesis of Adam and Eve and there are two possibilities: A. One must acknowledge that its account is a
fairy tale in light of the theory of evolution or B.Accept creationism as a process of emanation, without a beginning. Kant argues that the conclusion to this
dilemma is stronger due to Aquinass description of the creation in Summa Theologica and after treating of the processions of the divine persons, the procession of creatures from God
must be considered along with monism. What would Aquinas say about this dilemma? In the Summa theologiae, Aquinas argued that God is the transcendent First Cause of all creation
as Gods essence is existence itself and that would mean that God alone is an uncaused cause as He alone possesses existence by nature (Bracken, 1996). Thus, Aquinas makes a
case for creationism, even though God was not himself created. Can a case be made for something that has no beginning? That is one problem with Aquinass view but Kant
has likely already noted that . Bracken (1996) suggests that what is missing from Aquinass argument is a distinction between person and nature within God as thus conceived; he
explains: " If the nature of God is simply to be, then the personal or entitative reality of God is to be the subject of that unlimited act of being"
(1996, p.720). In any event, the answer seems to be evolutionary creationism which will be explored in a commentary at the end of this paper. At least that theory provides
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