The Logical Intention ofGenusin an Understanding of Transcendental Concepts

Autor:	Gintautas Vyšniauskas
Rok vydání:	2004
Předmět:	Linguistics and Language Deus Literature and Literary Theory Visual Arts and Performing Arts media_common.quotation_subject Philosophy Genus (mathematics) Perfection Transcendental number Language and Linguistics Epistemology media_common
Zdroj:	Verbum. 6:79-84
ISSN:	1588-4309 1585-079X
DOI:	10.1556/verb.6.2004.1.7
Popis:	Predicating the universal properties of things to God we inevitably cast the net of logical intentions on Him. Only later can we disentangle Him from it by means of additional thinking. Therefore, it is probable that Aquinas says 'Deus autem ponitur primum principium, non materiale, sed in genere causae efficientis' (S.T. I, 4, 1 in c.) just because here he looks at the infinite perfection of God through the limited perfection of things and wants to remind us that in such a perspective God is seen quasi in the genus. It is very important that Aquinas does not say, 'Deus est in genere', but: 'Deus ponitur in genere (emphasis mine). The neglecting of this difference between the est and the ponitur and interpreting the latter as if it were the former compels the translators form Latin to substitute genus by other terms. But these substitutions are doubtful.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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