Aquinas on the Divine Ideas as Exemplar Causes

297 Pages·2008·1.39 MB·English

by  Gregory T. Doolan

AquinAs
on the Divine Ideas as
Exemplar Causes

GreGory T. Doolan
AquinAs
on the Divine Ideas as
Exemplar Causes
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Doolan, Gregory T.
Aquinas on the divine ideas as exemplar causes / Gregory T. Doolan.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISbn 978-0-8132-1523-5 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Thomas, Aquinas, Saint,
1225?–1274. 2. God—Attributes. 3. Idea (Philosophy) I. Title.
b765.T54D588 2008
111΄.2—dc22 2007045815
To John F. Wippel
for all that he has taught me
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CoNTENTS
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Acknowledgments ix
List of Abbreviations xi
Introduction xiii
1. Ideas as Exemplar Causes 1
2. The Existence of Divine Ideas 44
3. The Multiplicity of Divine Ideas 83
4. Identifying God’s
Exemplar Ideas 123
5. The Causality of the
Divine Exemplars 156
6. Participation and the
Divine Exemplars 191
Conclusion 244
Bibliography 253
Index of Subjects 265
Index of Names 275

ACkNoWLEDGMENTS
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I would like to offer my thanks to all those who helped
me in writing this book: Barry Jones for always offering
a ready ear to listen to my ideas; Peter kwasniewski and
Daniel o’Connell for providing me with philosophical in-
sights; Giuseppe Butera, Patrick Harmon, Gerald Russello,
and my mother, Elisabeth Doolan, for helping me with the
occasional translation; Joseph Tylenda, S.J., Susan karp,
and the entire staff at the Woodstock Theological Library
for their assistance with my research; and everyone at the
Catholic University of America for their support during
my final revisions of this work.
My special thanks go to Eric Perl who first inspired me to
write about the divine ideas, John F. Wippel who offered in-
valuable insights and advice on this topic, Timothy Noone
and Brian Shanley who challenged me to consider differ-
ent perspectives, and my wife, kelly Doolan, who provided
the love and support that helped me to bring this work to
completion.
Finally, I would like to express my appreciation for my
father, Thomas Doolan, who made my study of philoso-
phy a possibility in the first place.
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