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Episode 12 – Introduction to Metaphysics - Form and Matter/Substance and Accidents | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P.

Aquinas 101 - Course 2: Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy

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Aquinas' Substance Ontology - A Philosophical Map of the World

Aquinas' substance ontology arguably helps us a great deal in this task. It aids us in our search to come to know the basic contours of reality. The mind can make progress so as to progressively unveil the structure of reality and understand its constitution. Transcendentals are features of being present in every categorial mode of being. Existence, unity, truth, goodness, beauty. This is where we pass. We're headed towards transcendence and transcendentals and God.

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