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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. The Fifth Article about whether our intellect understands by composition and division makes it clear that composition and division of the intellect are made by ____________________.

2. Who does Aquinas mention in the Third Article, when he asks if there is an Agent Intellect?

3. Aquinas claims that focus upon the spiritual means what?

4. How many objections and replies exist in Third Article: Whether Choice is Only of the Means to the End or Sometimes also of the End?

5. How many articles are there for Question XVIII: On the Goodness and Malice of Human Acts in General?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the four articles in response to Question LXII?

2. What does Aquinas say about whether we can understand many things at the same time?

3. What does Aquinas say in the Second Article, regarding whether the intellect is a purely passive power or not?

4. What comparisons are made regarding arguments that would seem to prove that God cannot be seen in His essence and their solution?

5. What does Aquinas say when he discusses how the soul while united to the body understands corporeal things beneath it?

6. What does Aquinas say about God being the end of things?

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

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

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

10. What is the purpose of an introduction to Saint Thomas Aquinas?

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

Question 85 discusses the mode and order of understanding.

Part 1) What is meant by this discussion topic? Why is it important to discuss?

Part 2) What is said about one's ability to understand many things at the same time? What do you believe about one's ability to understand many things at once?

Part 3) Why is composition and division important when discussing this topic? How is this connected to whether an individual can understand something better than another individual?

Essay Topic 3

The question is raised whether the intellectual principle is united to the body as it pertains to form.

Part 1) What are the objections given to this? How does Aquinas feel about this question? Why? How does it support and continue his beliefs previously discussed?

Part 2) How might Aquinas' writings about this topic be confusing? How might his writing differ if he lived today? Why?

Part 3) What are your beliefs about the union between the body and soul? How does it compare to Aquinas?

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