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Episode 14 – Introduction to Metaphysics - Part Two- Transcendentals and the Existence of God | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P.

Aquinas 101 - Course 2: Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy

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Aquinas Definition of Beauty, Integritos and Proportionality

Aquinas defines beauty as the splendor or clarity of the form, the claritas in Latin. Beauty is attraction of a given reality exerts upon us due to its intelligible order and proportionality. We delight in playing with the little dog because the little dog has sense knowledge. There are degrees of goodness inscribed in the universe according to Aquinas.

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