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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's Ontology and Philosophy of Nature

Modern physics tends to take the atom as the most basic unit of reality. Aquinas holds that large-scale organic substances such as human beings or horses are singular holes, living forms composed of material parts. But does this standpoint need to be qualified by an equally valid philosophical perspective?

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