In his encyclical letter, Fides et Ratio (1998), Pope John Paul II writes that theology, as scien... more In his encyclical letter, Fides et Ratio (1998), Pope John Paul II writes that theology, as scientia fidei, is ordered according to a twofold methodological principle: the auditus fidei and the intellectus fidei 1 . He teaches that the understanding of faith (intellectus fidei) expounds the truth of divine revelation insofar as it grasps the logical and conceptual structure of the propositions of the Church's teaching and insofar as it brings to light the salvific meaning of these propositions 2 . This exposition, however, proper to the intellectus fidei, requires the contribution of metaphysics:
Two of the debated points in 20 th century Thomism concern how we know ens at the dawn of knowing... more Two of the debated points in 20 th century Thomism concern how we know ens at the dawn of knowing and how we discover ens qua ens as the subiectum of metaphysics. In this paper, I would like to trace the development of Cornelio Fabro's (1911Fabro's ( -1995 thought on these two points and point out connections with the work of Jan A. Aertsen. Fabro's theories, I believe, offer convincing alternatives to the proposals of Jacques Maritain and Etienne Gilson on ens as primum cognitum and to the theory of separatio as developed by Louis-Bertrand Geiger. As we will see, the problem of our knowledge of esse is common to both problems: How is esse known in the primum cognitum and what is the role of esse in the discovery of the subiectum of metaphysics?
La metafisica è definita come la scienza dell'ente in quanto ente e delle sue proprietà per le su... more La metafisica è definita come la scienza dell'ente in quanto ente e delle sue proprietà per le sue cause ultime. L'identità fra la metafisica e la teologia filosofica 1 implica la necessità di fondare sia ontologicamente (per causas intrinsecas) che teologicamente (per causas extrinsecas) le proprietà trascendentali dell'ente in quanto ente: res, unum, aliquid, verum, e bonum.
Metaphysics is defined as the science of being as being and its properties by its ultimate causes... more Metaphysics is defined as the science of being as being and its properties by its ultimate causes. The identity between metaphysics and philosophical theology 1 necessitates founding both ontologically (per causas intrinsecas) and theologically (per causas extrinsecas) the transcendental properties of being as being : res, unum, aliquid, verum, and bonum. Unfortunately, with the separation of ontology from rational theology in modern rationalism, the requirement for the theological foundation was somewhat forgotten, namely the need to relate the transcendentals to God as to their cause. The rediscovery in Twentieth-century Thomism of actus essendi and the notion of participation has redimensioned Thomistic metaphysics by placing participated actus essendi as act of all acts and perfection of all perfections at the center of metaphysical inquiry. Consequently, we have the opportunity of investigating more deeply the speculative novelties that emerge from a study of the transcendentals with this new perspective, namely, a study of the transcendentals in the light of the real composition and the doctrine of participation.
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