The law is something “promulgated”—or so Aquinas states in his common definition of law. This seems quite acceptable in the case of human, positive law. However, how can one speak of a “promulgation” of the natural law, let alone the eternal law? This article is a discussion of the general themes involved in considering this problem. Read Article

Written by Matthew Minerd on June 9th, 2014. Subject: Philosophy. Filed in Ethics, about Aquinas Maritain Natural Law Eternal Law

The way we know the world determines to a large extent our ability to understand what a thing is, such as a tree or an animal. This in turn forms our understanding of the intelligibility in the world itself Read Article

Written by Matthew Minerd on December 6th, 2013. Subject: Philosophy. Filed in Epistemology, about Ontology Maritain