summa theologicia, do i really have to?
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summa theologicia, do i really have to?
Post #1many arguements that i've had with the religious have always ended when the accuse me of not reading the summa. is it necessary to know this book in order to argue with the religious or do they use this as a way out knowing full well i've never read it and probably will not?
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Re: summa theologicia, do i really have to?
Post #2If the arguments are about the existence of God, here is a good description of the arguments used by Aquinas.frm_alterboy wrote: many arguements that i've had with the religious have always ended when the accuse me of not reading the summa. is it necessary to know this book in order to argue with the religious or do they use this as a way out knowing full well i've never read it and probably will not?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinque_viae
But if you suffer from terminal insomnia, here is a cure in the form of the whole Summa Theologica.
http://www.newadvent.org/summa/
Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance.
- Bertrand Russell
- Bertrand Russell