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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 Second Article concerns whether the intellect is a purely _________ power or not.

2. What is the First Article for Question LXIII: The Cause of the Virtues?

3. ____________ ourselves and others is the healing force.

4. God is the leader and ____________ are led by Him.

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Aquinas say about differentiating the sensitive and and the intellectual appetites?

6. What does Aquinas believe about the human mind?

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

8. Can violence be done to the will?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The question is asked whether there is power in God.

Part 1) What does Aquinas mean by power? How does this support his belief about whether there is power in God? Do you agree? Why or why not?

Part 2) How is God's power reflected in humanity and the idea of unity?

Part 3) How does the discussion of God's power lead to questions about his omnipotence? How does Aquinas' view of God's power reinforce his beliefs about God's omnipotence?

Essay Topic 2

Aquinas discusses the question of whether there is anything voluntary in human acts.

Part 1) What other questions does Aquinas ask regarding voluntary human acts? How does this relate to the idea of will?

Part 2) What does Aquinas say about one's will? Do you agree? Why or why not?

Part 3) How is intention connected to will? What is the connection between these and intellect? How do you believe one makes choices? Do you agree with Aquinas? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Aquinas discusses the existence of God.

Part 1) What does Aquinas say about God? How are his philosophies affected by his view of God?

Part 2) How do his beliefs about God reflect and reinforce the importance of the soul and the spiritual work conducted by an individual during his or her lifetime?

Part 3) Aquinas believes Scripture can be used as evidence. Do you agree? Why or why not?

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