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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The intellect gives virtue and power to the soul, but is the intellect the soul in and of itself?

2. Who does Aquinas mention in the Third Article, when he asks if there is an Agent Intellect?

3. The Second Article is focused upon differentiating the sensitive and the intellectual appetites: are they different powers?

4. The distinction between two things is a subdivision of ___________ of a whole.

5. The statement in number 137 is _______________ his other point that action is what manifests essence.

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the two actions mentioned in number 51 contain choice?

2. What does Aquinas say about the tendency of all things being like unto God?

3. What does Aquinas say about agents and action?

4. What does Aquinas say when he discusses how the soul while united to the body understands corporeal things beneath it?

5. What does Aquinas claim is the behavior of the majority of human action?

6. How does Aquinas see individuating qualities?

7. What are the four articles in response to Question LXII?

8. What does Aquinas say about God being the end of things?

9. What two actions contain choice?

10. How does Aquinas respond in the First Article to the question of whether the intellectual and the soul are one and the same?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Question 12 is in regards to intention.

Part 1) What is intention? What are four questions asked in regards to intention? What is the purpose of each?

Part 2) How are other aspects of Aquinas' theories incorporated into the questioning and answers pertaining to intention? Why?

Part 3) What is the message of this portion of the book? With what does Aquinas want the reader to come away?

Essay Topic 2

Aquinas discusses the existence of God.

Part 1) What does Aquinas say about God? How are his philosophies affected by his view of God?

Part 2) How do his beliefs about God reflect and reinforce the importance of the soul and the spiritual work conducted by an individual during his or her lifetime?

Part 3) Aquinas believes Scripture can be used as evidence. Do you agree? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

St. Thomas Aquinas' work was severely challenged by powerful Arabian philosophy.

Part 1) How did Arabian philosophy become so powerful? Why did it challenge Aquinas' own philosophies?

Part 2) How did Aquinas deal with such challenges to his own philosophies? What aspects about his upbringing and personality aid him in this?

Part 3) What other philosophies and thinkers challenged Aquinas? Why? How does he handle these disagreements in this book? How does this affect the way that he expresses his ideas?

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