Re: Aquinas' analogy of being

2013-01-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Jan 2013, at 18:14, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal Here's Dr. Johnson's way of refuting Bishop Berkeley's idealism: "I refute him THUS!!" Nice picture. But that kind of argument have been already refuted in Plato, Chouang-tseu, ... That's the dream argument, and it is va

Re: Aquinas' analogy of being

2013-01-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
gh], [rclo...@verizon.net] 1/17/2013 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." - Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Bruno Marchal Receiver: everything-list Time: 2013-01-17, 06:24:59 Subject: Re: Aquinas' analogy of being On 16 Jan 2013, at 18:06, Roger

Re: Re: Aquinas' analogy of being

2013-01-17 Thread Roger Clough
e end." - Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Bruno Marchal Receiver: everything-list Time: 2013-01-17, 06:24:59 Subject: Re: Aquinas' analogy of being On 16 Jan 2013, at 18:06, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Bruno Marchal > > 1) I was thinking of

Re: Aquinas' analogy of being

2013-01-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 16 Jan 2013, at 18:06, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal 1) I was thinking of physical science, which cannot know the meaning of things. 2) OK, I had overlooked the nonexistence in a mental sense, or matter. Well, matter exists in a mental sense. It just does not exist "out there".

Aquinas' analogy of being

2013-01-16 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Bruno Marchal 1) I was thinking of physical science, which cannot know the meaning of things. 2) OK, I had overlooked the nonexistence in a mental sense, or matter. 3) Aquinas was able to get away with basing his theology on Aristotle by invoking what he called the "analogy of Being,