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Episode #021 ... One God - St. Thomas Aquinas

2014/5/5
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主持人：本期节目探讨了托马斯·阿奎那如何调和亚里士多德哲学与基督教信仰。节目首先通过一个歌曲案例，阐述了人类常犯将相关性误认为因果关系的错误，这在理解历史哲学家思想和自我认知中至关重要。接着，节目介绍了亚里士多德的“不动动者”论证，即一切运动都需要一个最初的推动者，这个推动者本身是不动的，被认为是上帝。托马斯·阿奎那接受了这一论证，并将其与基督教的创世论相结合。节目深入探讨了亚里士多德关于无限的观点及其内在矛盾，以及托马斯·阿奎那如何巧妙地化解亚里士多德的宇宙永恒论与基督教创世论之间的冲突。托马斯·阿奎那认为，上帝是宇宙存在的根本原因，即使宇宙永恒存在，也依赖于上帝的创造。他认为，理性与信仰并非相互矛盾，而是可以相互补充的。节目最后提出了一个关于人类终极目的的问题，引发观众思考。

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The episode explores how humans often mistake correlation with causation, using examples from a song by The Postal Service and historical perspectives on truth and perception.

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On this episode of the podcast, we learn about the Christian Aristotelean philosopher St. Thomas Aquinas. We begin by examining a song by The Postal Service which sets the stage for a discussion about how often humans mistake correlation with causation. Next, we learn about Aristotle’s conception of God as “The Unmoved Mover” and his thoughts on the nature of infinity. All of these ideas lead us to St. Thomas Aquinas’ quest to reconcile Aristotelianism and Christianity, which he approaches by arguing that the Christian belief that God created the universe and the Aristotelean belief that the universe has always existed are not mutually exclusive ideas. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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