Regarding the Concepts of Being in Potency and Being in Act in Thomas Aquinas and Francisco Suárez

Authors

  • Oscar Edmundo Yangali Núñez Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33539/phai.v17i1.1274

Keywords:

Individual, knowledge, reality, potentiality, act

Abstract

In the present work I intend to expose the views of Thomas Aquinas and Francisco Suárez on what distinguishes the potential entity from the entity in act. I establish a comparison between the two authors and in order to indicate why and to what purpose this conception has changed between them. First, I examine the principle of individuation of entities in general and the initial difference that we find between both thinkers on the relationship between form and matter. Second, I evaluate what constitutes the foundation of our knowledge and the notion of similarity. And finally I lay out the changes in the understanding of the real and the individual in this scholastic transit in favor of the constitution of what is essentially an individual.

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Author Biography

Oscar Edmundo Yangali Núñez, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Licenciado en Filosofía por la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, donde trabaja como asistente de docencia y co-investigador del proyecto Scholastica Colonialis junto con el Dr. Sandro D’Onofrio. Es miembro de la Societé Internationale pour l’Étude de la Philosphie Médiévale (SIEPM). También es docente de filosofía
del Seminario Mayor Diocesano San José de Lurín. Ha presentado ponencias y publicado trabajos sobre temas referidos a la escolástica y su recepción en el Perú, así como también referidos a la filosofía de la religión.

Published

2018-06-30

How to Cite

Yangali Núñez, O. E. (2018). Regarding the Concepts of Being in Potency and Being in Act in Thomas Aquinas and Francisco Suárez. Phainomenon, 17(1), 11–22. https://doi.org/10.33539/phai.v17i1.1274

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