Angelicum Thomistic Institute A Dio attraverso la Bellezza un Approccio Tomistico | Raymund Snyder, OP
Nov 26, 2025
In this engaging discussion, Dominican theologian Raymund Snyder, OP, explores the relationship between beauty and the divine. He argues that beauty can guide the mind toward God, citing historical figures like Augustine and Dante. Raymund introduces the palace analogy from Thomas Aquinas to illustrate order and hierarchy as evidence of an intelligent cause. He emphasizes how the universe’s mutual order points to divine perfection and presents beauty as a powerful starting point for faith and evangelization, likening creation to divine poetry.
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Order Points Toward a Mind
- The ordered beauty of the world naturally inclines the mind to posit an intelligent cause.
- Fr. Raymund Snyder argues this order appears not only in variety but in relations and harmony among beings.
Cicero's House Analogy
- Cicero's Cleantes example compares the sky's regularity to a house that betrays a maker.
- Snyder recounts this to show ancient roots of the house/palace analogy.
Harmony, Continuity, and the One
- Dionysius frames beauty as harmony, continuity, and friendship among beings that point back to the One.
- Snyder shows these Neoplatonic themes underpin Thomas's palace analogy.
