theology unit two

Question 1

define soul

Answer 1

form of a living physical being

Question 2

define powers of soul

Answer 2

abilities

Question 3

what are the two powers of the rational soul

Answer 3

intellect and will

Question 4

define intelect

Answer 4

made to know God (consciousness) / mind, the power by which a person knows truth

Question 5

define will

Answer 5

made to love God (freedom) / the power by which a person decides and loves the good, by which we cooperate with God or reject his plan of loving goodness

Question 6

define truth

Answer 6

the property of being in accord with fact or reality/ the minds comformity to reality

Question 7

define objective truth

Answer 7

the reality outside of me

Question 8

definee subjective truth

Answer 8

my personal preferences, beliefs, experiences

Question 9

define the principle of non contradiction

Answer 9

a thing cannot both be and not be at the same time in the same respect

Question 10

define relativism

Answer 10

the idea that there is no universal, absolute truth, but that truth differs from person to person and culture to culture

Question 11

what is epistemology

Answer 11

the study of knowledge and how we know things

Question 12

what is skeptism

Answer 12

the view that reality cannot be known, rejection of a claim even when there is enough evidence to support it

Question 13

what is realism

Answer 13

the view that reality can be known, judges the truth of what we think by what is outside of me

Question 14

what is natural revelation

Answer 14

the things god created and evidence that the knowlodge of the existence of God and his attributes can be achieved by human reason reflecting on the created order

Question 15

how do we know what we know

Answer 15

knowlodge begins with sense experience, human intellect

Question 16

do faith and reason ever conflict

Answer 16

never in conflict, fundamental unity of truth which is based on the order of reality

Question 17

st thommas aquinas birth year

Answer 17

1225

Question 18

st thomas death date

Answer 18

march 7 1274

Question 19

what three virtues is st thomas

Answer 19

wisdom
purity
chastity

Question 20

name the first out of the five ways and define what it is

Answer 20

order of motion in nature

there must be a first mover or unmoved mover or an ultimate source of change in things

Question 21

name the second out of the five ways and define what it is

Answer 21

cause and effect

in order for there to be causes at work, there must be a first cause or uncaused cause.

Question 22

name the third out of the five ways and define what it is

Answer 22

contingent beings

things exist that dont need to exist. there must be a source of the existence of contingent beings that cannot not exist. the source simply is.

Question 23

name the fourth out of the five ways and define what it is

Answer 23

degrees of perfection

differing grades of perfection of being led to the conclusion that there must be a perfect being, the source of being in everything else.

Question 24

name the fifth out of the five ways and define what it is

Answer 24

things without intelligence act for the sake of ends

things without intelligence act for the sake of ends (purpose/goal)

Question 25

name the five ways in order 1-5

Answer 25

1. order of motion in nature
2. cause and effect
3. contingent beings
4. degrees of perfection
5. things without intelligence act for the sake of ends