The analogical structure of the «Fifth Way»of Saint Thomas Aquinas
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https://doi.org/10.24310/Contrastescontrastes.v22i2.3529Keywords:
Thomas Aquinas, Teleology, Existence Of God, Analogy.Abstract
Such in Summa contra Gentiles as in Summa Theologica the «fifth way» has the structure of an analogy of proportionality. However, each of the Summas used differently this idea of God as «intelligent designer» obtained by analogy. In Summa contra Gentiles this analogue is used in a dialectical plan, while in Summa Theologica that term to an analogy of attribution is applied to explain the creative action. The article explains the reasons for this double strategy developed, however, from the same initial analogy.Downloads
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Desiderio Parrilla Martínez es doctor en Filosofía por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y profesor adjunto del departamento de humanidades en la Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM).
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Vicepresidente de la asociación de estudios girardianos Xiphias Gladius (www.violenciayreligion.org)
Asociada al grupo internacional de investigación Imitatio (http://www.imitatio.org/) y la Peter Thiel Foundation.
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