Angelic Doctor – Jon Haines

18 Oct

Whether St. Thomas is Boring? By: Br. Raymund Snyder, O.P.

By test
In Philosophy

People often criticize St. Thomas Aquinas for being “boring.” Today, on the feast of the Angelic Doctor, I offer this light-hearted reflection… from a great Domincan Blog found below: Whether Thomas Aquinas is fittingly called boring? Objection 1: It would

17 Apr

On the Nature of True Liberty (7-9)

By Jon
In Catholicism, Philosophy

We left off by recognizing that reasoning always takes place before an act of will/volition. Thus continues the text: 7. Such, then, being the condition of human liberty, it necessarily stands in need of light and strength to

08 Feb

Relevant Text: On The True Nature of Liberty by Leo XIII (1888)

By Jon
In Catholicism, Philosophy

My emphasis in bold. LIBERTAS ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIIION THE NATURE OFHUMAN LIBERTY To the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, andBishops of the Catholic World in Grace andCommunion with the Apostolic See. Liberty, the highest of natural