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  • Christian Metaphysics – Part 2: Aristotelianism

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    This summary on Christian metaphysics and Aristotelianism is from the Introduction to Four Views on Christian Metaphysics. Aristotelianism shares with Platonic metaphysics aspects of its dualism and its realism. However, it maintains some distinctions from Platonism regarding the relation between the two parts of reality, physical and non-physical reality. For example, Aristotelians agree with Platonists…

  • Time – Part 3: Time and Eternity

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    In Part 1 we considered time as both linear and circular. In Part 2 we considered time as both profane and sacred. In Part 3 we will consider time and eternity. Christian philosophical theology draws our attention to Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” It also draws our attention…

  • Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics

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    In his book Beauty: A Very Short Introduction, Roger Scruton notes at the beginning of the eighteenth century, the philosophy of art became aware of itself and named itself ‘aesthetics’ after the Greek term aisthesis for sensation. This was in keeping with a much older view that beauty is the object of a sensory delight…

  • Philosophers and Theologians

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    From the Greek philosopher Plato, we have the Platonist tradition. From the Greek philosopher Aristotle, we have the Aristotelian tradition. The Christian philosopher-theologian Augustine drew from the works of Plato and Neoplatonism when writing his own works like Confessions and City of God. On the other hand, the Christian philosopher-theologian Thomas Aquinas drew from the…