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Episode Synopsis
Thomas Aquinas was a great Catholic theologian and philosopher. His metaphysics is a response to Aristotle. What are the two senses of "being" that Aquinas distinguishes? Why does Aquinas argue that the essence of a composite substance cannot be just its form Why does Aquinas believe that intelligences (angels) do not have matter? What does Aquinas mean when he says that the existence of an intelligence is its actuality? How does the human soul differ from other intellectual substances according to Aquinas?Stay tuned and subscribe for a bonus season diving deeper into Aquinas' philosophy
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