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https://doi.org/10.21464/fi39403

Contemplation and Creation in Thomistic Thought

Ivana Knežić orcid.org/0000-0002-8089-7166 ; Sveučilište u Zadru, Odjel za filozofiju, Obala kralja Petra Krešimira IV br. 2, HR–23000 Zadar
Maja Poljak orcid.org/0009-0003-2252-2993 ; Sveučilište u Zadru, Odjel za filozofiju, Obala kralja Petra Krešimira IV br. 2, HR–23000 Zadar

Abstract

The subject of the article is the relationship between contemplation and creation seen through the lens of Thomistic philosophy. For our research, we used not just the original works of Thomas Aquinas, but also the works of Thomistic philosophers, primarily of J. Pieper, but also of classic contemporary Thomistic philosophers – É. Gilson and J. Maritain. Alongside these authors, we also used the works and ideas of Plato and Aristotle who represent the very peak of Greek thought and invaluable inspiration for Aquinas himself. This paper has three chapters: the first focuses on contemplation, and the second focuses on creation bringing it into comparison with creation understood as an act proper of God. The third chapter focuses on the relationship between contemplation and creation. Between these two activities, there is a double connection: on the one hand, creation has its inception in the contemplative act of the creator, and on the other, it also has its outcome in the contemplative act of the one encountering the work of creation.

Keywords

contemplation; creation; admiration; love; pleasure; Plato; Aristotle; Thomas Aquinas; Josef Pieper

Hrčak ID:

240423

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/240423

Publication date:

17.2.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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