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Some Early Writings of Bernard Lonergan and the Order of the Universe as a Final Cause in Aquinas.

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Title/Author:	Some Early Writings of Bernard Lonergan and the Order of the Universe as a Final Cause in Aquinas./
Author:	Tardiff, John.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2021,
Description:	312 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 82-08, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International82-08A.
Subject:	Metaphysics. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=28155363
ISBN:	9798569976089

Some Early Writings of Bernard Lonergan and the Order of the Universe as a Final Cause in Aquinas.
Tardiff, John.

Some Early Writings of Bernard Lonergan and the Order of the Universe as a Final Cause in Aquinas. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2021 - 312 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 82-08, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Catholic University of America, 2021.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Bernard Lonergan, though best known for his development of the "generalized empirical method," wrote prolifically on many subjects. He also left behind a large quantity of unpublished notes, some of which remained undeveloped. In these notes, and in two published articles, Lonergan presents his interpretation of the thought of Thomas Aquinas on the relationships between individual finite natures and the order of the universe to which they belong. Lonergan's interpretation includes the use of apparently novel terms such as the "destinies" of creatures, and apparently novel notions regarding God's knowledge of creation, finality, and the order of the universe. Despite the apparently novel use of these terms and notions, Lonergan presents his thought as an explication and interpretation of Aquinas. The author of this dissertation embarks upon a twofold task: first, to explicate Lonergan's thought on the notions of "nature" and "destiny," "vertical finality," and the order of the universe as a "progressive synthesis"; second, to set Lonergan's thought in the context of Aquinas's thought on the order of the universe, the relation of the parts of the universe to the order of the whole, and God's knowledge of creatures in order to judge whether or not Lonergan's notions are in fact consistent with Aquinas's thought. In the first chapter, the author explicates Lonergan's notions of "nature" and "destiny," and his understanding of finality, including "vertical finality." He explains how Lonergan understands the content of "finite natures" to be determined by their "destinies," which are achieved by means of "vertical finality," through which a creature on a lower tier of being can achieve an end incommensurate with its own limitations. In the second and third chapters, the author explicates Aquinas's thought on the nature of good, the notion of common goods, and the order of the universe. In the fourth chapter, the author revisits and expands his explication of Lonergan's notions, including his notion of the order of the universe as a "dynamic synthesis." Drawing upon the portions of Aquinas's thought described in chapters two and three, the author concludes that Lonergan's overall understanding is "not inconsistent" with Aquinas's thought, but Lonergan's understanding of how God knows real and possible finite natures is inconsistent with Aquinas's thought.

ISBN: 9798569976089Subjects--Topical Terms:

517082
Metaphysics.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Thomas Aquinas

Some Early Writings of Bernard Lonergan and the Order of the Universe as a Final Cause in Aquinas.
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