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

2. Truth and falsehood are both described in relation to what?

3. Damascene was later canonized as what?

4. Aquinas brings up the divergent views regarding what, saying that there are two lines of teaching?

5. Aquinas did not have the advantage of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aquinas say about God's action and essence?

2. What is Aquinas' response about truth?

3. What does Aquinas say about whether there is will in God?

4. What does Aquinas say about the First Article: Whether a Name Can be Given to God?

5. The sixth article takes up the matter of the puzzle of whether the human soul is corruptible or incorruptible. What does Aquinas say about this?

6. What does Aquinas say about falsity?

7. Who is Dionysius?

8. Who is Aristotle? How is he important to this book?

9. How does Aquinas' education benefit him?

10. What does Aquinas say about potentiality and actuality?

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

Question XVII in Chapter 4 concerns falsity.

Part 1) How does this relate to the questions about truth? How do these questions about both truth and falsity relate to intellect? Why?

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

A lot is said about man who is composed of a spiritual and a corporeal substance.

Part 1) What is meant to have spiritual substance and corporeal substance? How is this idea of two substances supported by Aquinas?

Part 2) How does this belief in both substances relate to the soul? How do these substances affect the soul's corruptibility? Why?

Part 3) How might a reader's knowledge today of biology and neuroscience affect one's ability to believe Aquinas' ideas?

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