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Hello and thanks for commenting. How cool that you're watching from Sweden! Hope this helps with your essay. God bless- Dave

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You're welcome. Hope this helps and prayers for your essay!

Great. Thanks for subscribing and I hope you continue to enjoy learning the Summa! God bless you- Dave

@@thethomist It's my pleasure. Aquinas is excellent and should be spread far and wide. Does Aquinas ever comment on reconciling Divine Simplicity with the Freedom of Divine Acts. Maybe an idea for a future video.

@@fiveadayproductions987 Hmm. That's a great question and the very fact that you can ask such a question tells me you have a good grasp of this subject matter. As you likely know simplicity is the first attribute of God that St. Thomas describes in the first part of the Summa. And of course God being Divine He would be perfectly free and have perfect free will but with always 'choosing' the good and the true. So in His Simplicity I'd say His very existence would be the same as His simplicity would would be the same as His freedom, since God simply is. Does this make sense or is this what you had in mind with the question? Thanks!

Looking closer at your channel, I got very excited. Subscribed and getting ready to jump in. Thanks in advance, for all the work you've done. Greetings from Finland.

@@mikkis668 Thanks for the feedback and I'm happy to hear you're watching the videos from Finland. My maternal grandmother was 100% Finish which means I'm 25% Finish! God bless and let me know if you have any questions or comments on the information. I'll post more videos soon.

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Hello Henri. Yes, St. Thomas Aquinas was certainly a disciple of Jesus. He was a master philosopher and theologian but most importantly a son of the Most High God and a lover of Jesus Christ. Thanks for the feedback- Dave

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You certainly bring up some very interesting philosophical insights regarding the content of this video.

Thanks for the question. The ease or difficulty of reading it really depends on your ability to grasp philosophical concepts, your level of patience and also your interest in the subject matter. I had a lot of interest in learning the Summa so I plowed through it pretty easily but I also realized that there would be many things I didn't understand fully so I had to be easy on myself. The full Summa can be found in many Catholic bookstores but if you can't find it there is can be purchased easily on line. There is a hardback and a soft cover version. I'd read a bit if of it on line first to see if you like it before investing in what it will cost to buy the whole thing. You can find the whole Summa pretty easily by doing a search. But nothing compares to having a real, physical copy to read! Let me know how it goes for you! God bless- Dave

Hello and thanks for the note and telling me a bit about your journey. I'm so glad you found this site and I can certainly direct you to other resources. Learning the basics of Thomistic philosophy will be a big help to you. Of course, it's based on a belief in God but you can certainly dig in and see if you're convinced by his arguments (Question 2, Article 3 of the first part of the Summa has to do with the Proofs for God's existence). Regarding just getting started I would recommend you check out G.K. Chesterton's book called The Dumb Ox which is an easy to read and brief book about St. Thomas Aquinas. Also, The Aquinas Institute is also producing nice videos based on the Summa and the teachings of St. Thomas. They can also be found on KZfaq. Please reach out if you have any questions and I will be very happy to help you. In the meantime, be assured of my prayers as you begin your journey in learning the Summa. - Dave

Consider looking into Aquinas 101 on KZfaq.

@@Zwei4815 Thanks for the suggestion. I watch their videos each week! They do a great job!

I'm an atheist. Could you elaborate on "morally bankrupt" atheism? Most of wars and massacres over the past millennia have been performed with a religious thematic and a premise about one divinity. Nowadays corrupt judges have the outrageous privileges that the priesthood used to have centuries ago. In regard to indoctrination, nowadays the mainstream media have replaced the pulpit. Back then, the scare and extortion about hell and eternal damnation persuaded people to give up their rights, whereas now the brainwash about infections and death from a so-called virus, climate change, and so forth, does the trick.

Yes, it's all focused on Christianity, and all is directed to God. Thanks for the comment.

Sorry for false advertising! I did include the word 'about.' God bless- Dave

The hypostatic union means a single person with two natures- Divine and human. Jesus is a divine person with both divine and human natures. Ultimately, it's a mystery. thanks for the question.

Ally, I ask this with sincerity. You seem to credit evolution and Mother Nature with creating the beauty that we experience. Does Mother Nature have intelligence? Does she order and create the beauty? Who exactly is Mother Nature?

@@thethomist Yes. Look at science, look at ecosystems. Nature is a living organism.

@@cynthia8069 And does this living organism have intelligence? Does it have will?

Who created Mother Nature in the first place? That’s your go to position.

@@jimlarkin6683 I think people use the term 'Mother Nature' to really mean God, the force or intelligence behind that which we experience in the natural world, the one who creates the weather, etc. So if one believes in Mother Nature I'd like to know if it's just God under a different name and if so, then we're in agreement. We call God Father and they call God Mother and since God is pure spirit, neither is a perfect description of God's Essence and nature as God is without sex or gender.