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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

Principle of Non-Contradiction
(also called Principle of Contradiction, Law of Non-Contradiction, Law of Contradiction).— The principle according to which being is not non-being or, more exactly, that one and the same thing cannot...
Principle of Proportionate Causality
The principle according to which no effect can be greater than its efficient cause. Properly understood, this principle does not imply that the effect must be produced by a single cause which is equal...
Principle of Sufficient Reason
(also called Principle of Reason).— The principle according to which whatever exists must have a reason for its existence, this reason being either intrinsic or extrinsic to the thing which exists. So...
Providence
1. God’s ordering of things to their ends. 2. God’s execution of the plan that he has concerning the ordering of things to their ends. Both of these senses are also referred to as “divine government”...
Qua
Latin term that can be translated as “as.” Thus, to speak of “man qua man” is to speak of “man as man,” i.e., man considered in himself. In logic, this is also called reduplication.
Quoad Nos
Latin term that can be translated as “with respect to us.”
Quoad Se
Latin term that can be translated as “with respect to itself” or “in itself.”
Real
1. Pertaining to reality. 2. Together with the definite article (“the real”), a synonym for reality. 3. For most scholastics, the antonym of “mental” or ens rationis.
Secundum Quid
Latin term that can be translated as “in a qualified sense,” “in a way,” or “in some respect.” It is used to express some qualification in what is being claimed. E.g., “The natural moral law is known...
Sign
That which brings something else into the ambit of a knowing power. According to a number of scholastics, a sign is a relation (relatio secundum esse), not the visible vehicle by which a sign is noti...

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Principle of Non-Contradiction

Principle of Proportionate Causality

Principle of Sufficient Reason

Providence

Qua

Quoad Nos

Quoad Se

Real

Secundum Quid

Sign

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