>>24580152
>Are there worth seeking out or were they excluded for a good reason? A brief look says they fall under late romance whatever that means.

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>>24537083
it is a powerful book, Worthy as it is

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God as Pure Actuality and Infinite: For Aquinas, God is Pure Act (Actus Purus), meaning He is entirely actualized, without any potentiality. He is infinite, not in a quantitative sense, but in the sense that His being is unlimited and perfect. This infinity of God means He is beyond our full comprehension in this life.

Natural Desire for Knowledge: Aquinas argues that there is a natural desire in all intellectual creatures (humans and angels) to know the cause of things. This desire ultimately points to the First Cause, which is God. To have perfect happiness, this natural desire must be fulfilled. If our intellect could not reach the first cause, our natural desire would remain unfulfilled, and thus perfect happiness would be impossible.

>>24516177
>What does it all mean?
God is trying to self actualize you

For Aquinas, God is pure actuality (actus purus). This means God already is everything perfectly, completely, and fully. God has no potentiality, no unfulfilled possibilities, and therefore no need or desire to "self-actualize" in the way a created being might. Self-actualization implies a process of growth, development, or becoming more complete, which would be inconsistent with God's perfect and immutable nature.

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How accurate are the Gospels as historical sources? Are there contradictions?

How accurate are the Gospels as historical sources? Are there contradictions?

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>>24488673

Given Plato's deep conviction that injustice was a fundamental problem, how did his understanding of the internal disharmony within the individual soul serve as the foundational root of all external and political injustices, and what does this imply about Plato's view on the primary remedy for a just society?

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>The Problem of Participation: If Forms are perfect, eternal, and unchanging, existing in a separate realm, how exactly do imperfect, changing physical objects "participate in" or "imitate" them? What is the precise nature of this mysterious relationship, and how does it avoid infinite regress (e.g., Aristotle's "Third Man Argument")?

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