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Single Idea 1852

[filed under theme 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth ]

Full Idea

Good itself as taken in by mind is one truth among others, and truth itself as goal of mind's activity is one good among others.

Gist of Idea

For the mind Good is one truth among many, and Truth is one good among many

Source

Thomas Aquinas (Quaestiones Disputatae de Malo [1271], Q6.reply)

Book Ref

Aquinas,Thomas: 'Selected Philosophical Writings', ed/tr. McDermott,Timothy [OUP 1993], p.177

The 17 ideas from 'Quaestiones Disputatae de Malo'

1846 The will can only want what it thinks is good [Aquinas]
1847 The will must aim at happiness, but can choose the means [Aquinas]
1848 We are coerced into assent to a truth by reason's violence [Aquinas]
1856 Nothing can be willed except what is good, but good is very varied, and so choices are unpredictable [Aquinas]
1857 We don't have to will even perfect good, because we can choose not to think of it [Aquinas]
1858 The mind is compelled by necessary truths, but not by contingent truths [Aquinas]
1859 Even a sufficient cause doesn't compel its effect, because interference could interrupt the process [Aquinas]
1860 Knowledge may be based on senses, but we needn't sense all our knowledge [Aquinas]
1861 The will is not compelled to move, even if pleasant things are set before it [Aquinas]
1862 However habituated you are, given time to ponder you can go against a habit [Aquinas]
1854 We must admit that when the will is not willing something, the first movement to will must come from outside the will [Aquinas]
1852 For the mind Good is one truth among many, and Truth is one good among many [Aquinas]
1853 Because the will moves by examining alternatives, it doesn't compel itself to will [Aquinas]
1855 If we saw something as totally and utterly good, we would be compelled to will it [Aquinas]
1850 Without free will not only is ethical action meaningless, but also planning, commanding, praising and blaming [Aquinas]
1851 Good applies to goals, just as truth applies to ideas in the mind [Aquinas]
1849 Since will is a reasoning power, it can entertain opposites, so it is not compelled to embrace one of them [Aquinas]