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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where do some of the objections come in regards to whether the intellectual principle is united to the body as its form?

2. What is the reason why God has no name, or is said to be above being named?

3. The Summa Theologica is a tome of what?

4. Does God ever will sin or evil?

5. What helped with the development of the philosophy mentioned in number 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is said about angels?

2. Who writes the introduction? What is assumed by the translation of this book?

3. Does God will sin or evil?

4. What is a Thomist?

5. What does Aquinas say to the objections that the will of God must always be fulfilled?

6. When Aquinas turns to the debate format, what does he assume? What are the consequences of this?

7. Describe the writing of the Summa Theologica.

8. Who is Damascene?

9. Who is Dionysius?

10. What is said in response to the question of whether truth resides only in the intellect?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The question is raised in this book whether God is omnipotent.

Part 1) What is meant by omnipotence? How is God omnipotent, according to Aquinas? Would other philosophers agree with him? Why or why not?

Part 2) Why is the answering of this question threatening? How threatening is it? Why?

Part 3) Do you believe God is omnipotent? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Whether truth resides in only the intellect is one of the most important philosophical questions known to humanity.

Part 1) Why is this question so important? How is this question revealed and discussed in this book?

Part 2) What is Aquinas' response to this question? How does this book reflect this response?

Part 3) Why does Aquinas feel the way he does about this question? What do you believe about this question?

Essay Topic 3

St. Thomas Aquinas' work was severely challenged by powerful Arabian philosophy.

Part 1) How did Arabian philosophy become so powerful? Why did it challenge Aquinas' own philosophies?

Part 2) How did Aquinas deal with such challenges to his own philosophies? What aspects about his upbringing and personality aid him in this?

Part 3) What other philosophies and thinkers challenged Aquinas? Why? How does he handle these disagreements in this book? How does this affect the way that he expresses his ideas?

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