Exam 8: The Scholar: Thomas Aquinas

Which State in 1999 ruled against requiring the teaching of evolution in science classes?

The Christian religion arose immediately after the birth of Jesus Christ.

What is the Fourth Way?

By "natural," Aquinas meant

Are Augustine and Epicurus engaged in the same philosophical project, or were they trying to answer different questions? How does your answer to this question bear on the view that there is a clash between pagan and Christian views? How does it bear on the criticisms that Augustine leveled against the Epicureans?

A dual-truth approach has been one attempt to reconcile faith with reason.

What are the connections between Aristotle's views of the universe and those of Aquinas? How do they differ? Which do you think is the more persuasive?

Aquinas was born near Naples.

The Stoic's faith is in himself.

Which principle does the Third Way rely on?

What was Augustine's view of Epicureanism? Do you think that this was a fair view to have of this doctrine? How might an Epicurean respond?

Aurelius Augustine has been described as a "colossus."

The First Way is

What is the difference between a designed order and a spontaneous (or emerging) order? How might this difference be drawn upon by someone who wished critically to respond to Aquinas's arguments for the existence of God?

Augustine lived a wanton life until he was 33.

Augustine wrote the Confessions .

Augustine was a fierce debater.

Outline the problem of evil. For what type of religion is this a real problem? What are some possible solutions to it? Do you think that they are effective, or not?

What problem is a problem for any religion that asserts the existence of an all-powerful, all-wise, all-god God?

Which argument is based on Aristotle's notion of Efficient Cause?