Voluntad e intelecto: encuentros y desencuentros entre Tomás de Aquino y Duns Escoto
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2018
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Editorial Lasallista
Abstract
Introduction. The Will and the Intellect, two
fundamental powers that work in the spirit of men,
determining in one way or another their choices,
have been developed and understood in different
ways by different philosophers throughout history,
among them, the medieval philosophers St.
Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus, whose thinking on these matters is analyzed in this article,
from references such as the "Theological Summa"
of Aquinas, "Giovanni" of Duns Scoto, "A
bibliographical introduction" by Todescan, and"
The life of the spirit"by Arendt, among others.
Objective. The objective of this article is to
analyze the concepts of Will and Intellect within the
thought of Thomas Aquinas and Duns Scotus, in
order to identify the points of encounter and
disagreement between both authors. Material and
methods. : This analysis is part of a qualitative
research with a hermeneutic approach, which used
documentary review as an instrument of
interpretation. Results. It was established that the
main difference between the thinking of both
authors, refers to the primacy that one power has
over the other: in Thomas Aquinas the intellect
over desire, while in Duns Scotus the will prevails
over the intellect. Conclusions. For the effects of
the prevalence of one power over the other, issues
such as free will play a fundamental role and,
above all, the way in which both powers act in the
psyche of man at the moment of decision making.
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Filosofía, Teología, Ideología, Investigación
Citation
Revista Lasallista de Investigación Vol. 15 No 2 2018