Open AccessLa natura analogica del bene: radice metafísica della libertà della scelta in Tommaso d'Aquino
Author(s) -
Federica Bergamino
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
revista española de filosofía medieval/revista española de filosofía medieval
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2530-7878
pISSN - 1133-0902
DOI - 10.21071/refime.v11i.9223
Subject(s) - philosophy , humanities , metaphysics , causality (physics) , theology , physics , quantum mechanics
The paper aims to show how the act of free will in Thomas Aquinas is not exercised merely in the choice between good an evil, but consists more essentially in the free choice ofthe better. What plays the key role in the analysis is Thomas's metaphysical conception of the good and its relationship to the free subject. The special causality of the good -and more concretely, of the particular good- is noted, and then choice is examined in light of the analogical nature of the «better».