Fathers & Doctors: A Podcast for Sacred Scripture, Tradition, and Philosophy

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- A podcast in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition - Original audiobooks of the the Church Fathers and Sacred Scripture - Original audiobooks of Church doctors & famous philosophers - Free lessons in philosophy and theology - Thomas Aquinas is our guide!


    • May 5, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 14 EPISODES


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    Aristotle's Prior Analytics, cc. 4-7 Explained!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 59:12


    - Part 2/2 lectures on Aristotle's study of reasoning and the syllogism - This part considers the derivation of the valid categorical assertoric syllogisms --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thomas-aquinas/support

    Aristotle's Prior Analytics, cc. 1-3 Explained!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 26:52


    - Part 1/2 lectures on Aristotle's study of reasoning and the syllogism - This part concerns the syllogism in general, modal qualifiers, and conversion rules --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thomas-aquinas/support

    What is a Science (scientia) for St. Thomas Aquinas?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 32:55


    - This is an introductory lecture on the nature of science (scientia) and the division of the sciences and arts according to St. Thomas - This also discusses the various kinds of intellectual habits—good, bad, and neutral --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thomas-aquinas/support

    Aristotle's On Interpretation, cc. 5-8 (part 2/2) Explained According to the Thought of Thomas Aquinas: The Square of Opposition

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 11:03


    - Part 3/3 of lectures on Aristotle's study of "enunciations" (propositions / declarative sentences) - This part looks at the division of enunciations according to truth, which gives us the famous "Square of Opposition" --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thomas-aquinas/support

    Aristotle's On Interpretation, cc. 5–8 (part 1/2) Explained According to the Thought of Thomas Aquinas

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 38:05


    - Part 2/3 of lectures on Aristotle's study of "enunciations" (i.e., propositions / declarative sentences) - This part concerns the division of enunciations by their unity, their quality, and their quantity --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thomas-aquinas/support

    Aristotle's On Interpretation, cc. 1-4 Explained According to the Thought of Thomas Aquinas

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 31:59


    - Part 1/3 of lectures on Aristotle's study of "enunciations" (i.e., propositions / declarative sentences) - This first part concerns the semantic triangle between names, things, and concepts - It also looks at the general division of significant vocal sound into simple and composite parts --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thomas-aquinas/support

    Thomas Aquinas's "On the Principles of Nature" c. 6: Analogy in Aquinas

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 28:22


    - Part 3/3 of lectures on Aquinas's "On Principles of Nature" (De Principiis Naturae) - This lecture brings in not only De Principiis, c. 6, but also Aquinas's outside teachings on analogy (e.g., In I Ethicorum, l. 7; ST I, q. 1) - What is the difference between analogy, equivocity, and univocity? - What are the different kinds of analogy according to St. Thomas? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thomas-aquinas/support

    Thomas Aquinas's "On the Principles of Nature" cc. 3-5: The Four Causes

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 41:45


    - Part 2/3 of lectures on Aquinas's "On the Principles of Nature" - What are the four Aristotelian causes: matter, form, end, and agent? - What are the different kinds of necessity and priority? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thomas-aquinas/support

    Thomas Aquinas's "On the Principles of Nature" cc. 1-2: Matter, Form, and Privation Explained!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 25:38


    - Part 1/3 of lectures on Aquinas's "On the Principles of Nature" - What are matter, form, and privation? - What are generation and corruption? What are the different kinds of generation and corruption? - What is prime matter? What is secondary matter? - What is a substantial form, and how does it differ from an accidental form? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thomas-aquinas/support

    Thomas Aquinas on Substance and Accident: "On Being and Essence" c. 6 Explained!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 13:01


    - Part 3/3 of lectures on Aquinas's On Being and Essence (De Ente et Essentia) - What are accidents? How do accidents differ from substantial forms? - What are the different kinds of accidents?—properties, inseparable accidents, separable accidents, etc. - What are the different ways in which accidents can be defined and how does this relate to the ten categories? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thomas-aquinas/support

    Thomas Aquinas on God and Angels: "On Being and Essence" cc. 4-5 Explained!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 31:14


    - Part 2/3 of lecture on Aquinas's On Being and Essence (De Ente et Essentia) - What is God? What are angels? How does the human soul differ from the essence of an angel? - How is essence found in different ways in God, in created spirits, in material things? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thomas-aquinas/support

    "The Five Ways" : St. Thomas Aquinas's Proofs for the Existence of God

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 77:05


    A lecture explaining Aquinas's Summa theologiae I, q. 2, a. 3: five arguments for the existence of God, his answer to the Problem of Evil, and his answer to the God-of-the-Gaps objection. Does the existence of evil disprove the existence of God? Do Darwinian evolution and free-market economics undermine Aquinas's arguments for the existence of God? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thomas-aquinas/support

    Aristotle's Categories, cc. 1–5 Explained!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 53:12


    - What are the most general names or categories? - What's the difference between equivocation (equivocity) and univocation (univocity)? - Did St. Thomas Aquinas answer Immanuel Kant's objection to Aristotle's list of categories over 500 years before Kant? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thomas-aquinas/support

    Thomas Aquinas on Material Beings: "On Being and Essence" cc. 1-3 Explained!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 37:21


    - What are the different senses of "being"? - What is an "essence"? - What are material beings? matter? form? hylemorphic composites? - How do we know material beings? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thomas-aquinas/support

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