AQUINAS AND THE DIVINES ATTRIBUTES

Authors

  • Lucio Souza Lobo UFPR

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v16i1.12422

Keywords:

divine attributes, similarity, analogy.

Abstract

This paper describes some of the key mechanisms used by Aquinas to deal with the divine attributes. Arising from the multiplicity and complexity of these attributes a number of problems which, in our view, are understood by Aquinas as likely to be settled only through a correct choice of the most appropriate philosophical instrument for each case. Univocal cause and equivocal cause, res significata and modus significandi, analogy, negative way and way of eminence, similarity, axiom of nowhere, among others, are presented in a sequence that we consider easier to understand. Finally, our purpose is mainly to introduce the reader to Aquinas’s modus of proceeding about this topic.

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Author Biography

Lucio Souza Lobo, UFPR

Possui graduação em Filosofia pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (1997), mestrado em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2000) e doutorado em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2006). Atualmente é professor da Universidade Federal do Paraná.

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Published

2010-12-07

How to Cite

LOBO, Lucio Souza. AQUINAS AND THE DIVINES ATTRIBUTES. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, Goiânia, v. 16, n. 1, p. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v16i1.12422, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v16i1.12422. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/12422. Acesso em: 15 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2011): Medieval Philosophy

Section

Artigos Originais

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