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Moral and Political Philosophy Aesthetics Christology Ecclesiology Epistemology Human Person Logic Metaphysics Moral Theology Philosophy of Nature

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Moral and Political Philosophy Aesthetics Christology Ecclesiology Epistemology Human Person Logic Metaphysics Moral Theology Philosophy of Nature

Death
1. A living thing ceasing to exist as a living thing. 2. The permanent or prolonged ceasing of immanent activity in a body due to the soul’s no longer functioning as the body’s actualizing principle....
Definition
1. Real Definition. The articulation of the essence of a thing either directly (by reference to the essence itself) or indirectly (by reference to the thing’s material cause, efficient cause, final ca...
Demonstration
In the strict sense, a sound argument that produces science of the conclusion in the person who is able to follow the argument. According to the material logic of the Aristotelian tradition, scientif...
Deontology
A system of moral analysis that emphasizes the principles that govern actions over the consequences of the actions. Today it is especially associated with the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant accordi...
Dialectics
In general, a process of discursive knowing that weighs both sides of an argument in the attempt to discover truth. More specifically, in classical logic, that branch of material logic that uses commo...
Divinization / Theosis
The process by which human persons are transformed in their being (and, consequently, in their actions) by grace. Such supernatural transformation belongs to the entitative order and is not a juridica...
Division
The analysis or distribution of general classes of things into their subclasses. E.g., the class “animal” can be divided into the subclasses “rational animal” and “non-rational animal.” In classical...

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