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... nature . Nature is the where- abouts of degrees of excellence . But what can we say of perfection ? Its whereabouts is obviously not nature ; nothing in nature is perfect after its kind . It is easier to state Thomas's position here ...
... nature . Nature is the where- abouts of degrees of excellence . But what can we say of perfection ? Its whereabouts is obviously not nature ; nothing in nature is perfect after its kind . It is easier to state Thomas's position here ...
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... nature to God . Among the facts used by Saint Thomas were change , causation , contingency , degrees of excellence , and adaptation or " accord . " One of these facts gives rise to a problem . It is this : If nature exhibits degrees of ...
... nature to God . Among the facts used by Saint Thomas were change , causation , contingency , degrees of excellence , and adaptation or " accord . " One of these facts gives rise to a problem . It is this : If nature exhibits degrees of ...
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... nature affords some criterion of what we ought to do . Mill's handling of the appeal to nature is a masterpiece of condensed refutation . He first points out that the term nature , or according to nature , is ambiguous . He states the ...
... nature affords some criterion of what we ought to do . Mill's handling of the appeal to nature is a masterpiece of condensed refutation . He first points out that the term nature , or according to nature , is ambiguous . He states the ...
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