Analogy

Question 1

what does aquinas reject?

Answer 1

univocal language
equivocal language
the via negativa

Question 2

why does aquinas reject univocal language?

Answer 2

god is transcendent and therefore human words cannot be applied

Question 3

why does aquinas reject equivocal language?

Answer 3

we will be left with no facts about god

Question 4

why does aquinas reject the via negativa?

Answer 4

does not say what god IS

Question 5

why did aquinas use analogy to describe god?

Answer 5

allows us to be familiar with an earthly, fleshly concept
BUT
also points beyond itself in order to suggest god cannot be truly understood

Question 6

why does aquinas reject the dualism of the profane and the sacred?

Answer 6

nature is supernatural

the world is ‘an expression of god’ and this is analogical

Question 7

explain the analogy of attribution

Answer 7

we are made in gods image therefore human qualities reflect divine qualities and therefore this language reflects something of divinity

Question 8

explain the analogy of proportion

Answer 8

gods goodness is similar to human good but beyond it , on a greater scale