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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. How many objections does Aquinas write in regards to whether the essence of the soul is its power?

2. Appetites are ______.

3. In Question XII: On Intention. Whether intention is an Act of the Intellect or of the Will, how many objections are made to the first article?

4. What is the Summa Theologica part of?

5. How many articles are there for Question LXIV: On the Mean of Virtue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Can one person understand one and the same thing better than another can?

2. What does Aquinas say about the difference between irascible and concupiscence?

3. What is the analogy Aquinas uses in regards to God and all things being directed to one end?

4. What does the matter of whether the essence of the soul is its power involve?

5. What is the first question pertaining to the issue of law?

6. What does Aquinas claim in Chapter XLVII That in this Life We Are Unable to See God in His Essence?

7. How do the two actions mentioned in number 51 contain choice?

8. What does Aquinas say about choice and how it is an act of the will in relation to the means to an end?

9. For Question 58, what is discussed in the First and Second Articles?

10. What are the six articles on the various kinds of law?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aquinas discusses the difference between moral and intellectual virtues.

Part 1) What is the difference? Is every virtue a moral one, according to Aquinas? Why or why not? Do you agree? Why or why not?

Part 2) What types of moral virtues exist? Why? Is there a significant difference between the different types of moral virtues? Why or why not?

Part 3) What is the overall message and purpose of Aquinas' discussion of morality and virtue?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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