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ŚW. TOMASZA Z AKWINU CHARAKTERYSTYKA AKTÓW WOLI
THE ACTS OF THE WILL ACCORDING TO ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Author(s): Hubert Wiśniewski
Subject(s): Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions
Published by: International Étienne Gilson Society
Keywords: will; action; act; good; Thomas Aquinas

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to clarify an important aspect of St. Thomas Aquinas’s theory of human action, namely to show these acts of man which are immediately caused by the will. According to some contemporary philosophers, the acts of the will are limited to those of trying or of intending. Do they exhaust the whole possibility of the will to act? The author seeks to answer this question basing his considerations on the analysis of the Summa Theologiae by St. Thomas Aquinas.

  • Issue Year: 4/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 149-163
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish