Philo Flashcards
For _____ with humanity’s free nature, for law commands and complete; love only calls and invites. St. Thomas emphasizes the freedom of humanity but chooses love in governing humanity’s life.
love is consonance
_______ can legislate (control), but only through will can its legislation be translated into action.
Reason
•If there is no _____, there would be no will.
Intellect
The ______ is an instrument of free choice. It is
Will of humanity
_______, which are always particular acts, are in our power and we are responsible for them. Character or habit is no excuse for immoral conduct.
(Ex: cutting class)
Moral acts
For ______, a human being is rational (based on facts or reason and not by emotion). Reason is divine characteristic. Humans have the spark of the divine. If there were no intellect, there would be no will.
Aristotle
Our ______ is an instrument of free choice. Reason, will, and action drives each other.
Will
•Of all creatures of God, ________ have the unique power to change themselves and the things around them for the better.
Human beings
•A human beings therefore, has a ________. This means that he can rise above his ordinary being or self to highest being or self.
Supernatural transcendental destiny
•This is in line with the idea of ________ that in the plan of God, a human being has to develop and perfect himself by doing his daily tasks.
St. Thomas
____, if a human being perseveringly lives a righteous and virtuous life, he transcends his mortal state of life and soars to an immortal state of life.
Hence
The ______, however, cannot be done by human beings alone, but is achieved through cooperation with God. Between humanity and God, there is a gap, which God alone can bridge through His power.
Power of change
•Since ____ is ____ , then love is the guiding principle of humanity toward -self-perception and happiness his ultimate destiny.
God is Love
_____ establishes the existence of God as a first cause of all God’s creations, human beings have the unique power to change themselves and things around them for the better.
St. Thomas Aquinas
____ can legislate (control), but only through will can its legislation be translated into action.
Reason
_____ is an instrument of free choice. It is within the power of everyone to be good or bad, worthy or worthless. This is borne out by:
The will of humanity
____, which are always particular acts, are in our power and we are responsible for them. Character or habit is no excuse for immoral conduct.
(e.g. cutting classes)
Moral acts
For _______ a human being is rational (based on facts or reason and not by emotion). Reason is divine characteristic. Humans have the spark of the divine. If there were no intellect, there would be no will.
Aristotle
•Our _____ is an instrument of free choice. Reason, will, and action drives each other.
Will
•Of all creatures of God, ______ have the unique power to change themselves and the things around them for the better.
Human beings
•A human beings therefore, has a ______. This means that he can rise above his ordinary being or self to highest being or self.
Supernatural transcendental destinity
•This is in line with the idea of ______ that in the plan of God, a human being has to develop and perfect himself by doing his daily tasks.
St. Thomas
______, if a human being perseveringly lives a righteous and virtuous life, he transcends his mortal state of life and soars to an immortal state of life.
Hence
The _____, however, cannot be done by human beings alone, but is achieved through cooperation with God. Between humanity and God, there is a gap, which God alone can bridge through His power.
Power of change
As _____, we are both material and spiritual. We have a conscience because of our spirituality. God is Love and Love is our destiny.
Humans
is considered to be a representative of existentialism. The human person is desire to be God. The human person builds the road to the destiny of his/her choosing; he/she is the creator.
Sartre’s philosophy
emphasizes the importance of free individual choice, regardless the power of other people to influence and coerce our desire, beliefs, and decisions.
Sartre
To be ___, to be ____,
is to be free to imagine, free to choose and be responsible for one’s life.
Human
Conscious