Pro tempore, No. 19, 2024.
Stručni rad
A Contribution to the Understanding of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Theory of Free Will
Tvrtko Srdoc
Sažetak
This paper is a threefold analysis of the free will theory of Thomas Aquinas (1225/1226 – 1274). The analysis is based on four works in which Thomas Aquinas deals with the topic of free will – Scriptum Super Sententiarum, Quaestiones Disputatae de Veritate, Summa theologiae, and Quaestiones Disputatae de Malo. The first part analyzes the theory of the primacy of the intellect over the will in the soul. In this chapter, the author proposes Thomas Aquinas’ change of focus from earlier to later works regarding the primacy of the intellect or the will in human freedom. The second part analyzes the relationship between the will and the intellect, which is described as a relationship of intermingling. An example of such a relationship is given in the analysis of the distinction between exercitio (exercise) and specificatio (specification) in the act of human choice. In the third part, Aquinas’ theory of the rootedness of freedom of human choice in the indeterminacy of rational judgments is analyzed and explained.
Ključne riječi
history of philosophy; medieval philosophy; St. Thomas Aquinas; free will; action theory; facultative psychology
Hrčak ID:
335690
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Datum izdavanja:
17.9.2025.
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