
Episode 11 – Principles of Nature | Fr. James Brent, O.P.
Aquinas 101 - Course 2: Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy
Substantial Change Is Real
Aristotle thought it was a common sense date in them. Do we think that substantial change is real? There's different kinds of things in the world. They come in different, yeah, they come in different kinds or categories and they also come to be in pass away. Once upon a time the dog didn't exist, then it comes to exist. It won't live forever, and it will cease to be. This has implications too. If some things come to be and pass away, then substantial form itself comes to be and passes away in particular things. How shall we understand this? We can understand it by an analogy with accidental change. Just as in an accidental change, the
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