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Episode 16 – Good, Evil, and Science | Fr. James Brent, O.P.

Aquinas 101 - Course 2: Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy

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The Metaphysics of Form and Finality Are Better Suited for Purposes of Ethics

The standard periodic table of the elements does not tell us the fundamental building blocks of reality. What chemistry calls atoms are not necessarily what metaphysics calls atoms, he says. And quandaries within contemporary science provide new confirmation for the metaphysics of form and finality,. Aristotle's philosophy of nature is actually finding new confirmation in contemporary discussions.

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