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Old 06-09-2005, 06:43 PM   #28 (permalink)
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hmm...

well, as groundbreaking as Aquinas was in establishing some of the logical/reasoning underpinnings of Christian doctrine... he never really started from scratch.
that is to say, Aquinas assumed God and worked backwards to find a rationale.

for those who say that religion and philosophy are incompatible (who, i think, are most certainly mistaken), Aquinas cannot be considered a true philosopher. certainly a Scholar (with a capital "S" ) and logician, but not a philosopher.

it's is ex nihilo or nothing these days.

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read that back to yourself and try not to get dizzy
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